Yellow Split Pea Soup Recipe
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Yellow Split Pea Soup
2 cup Dried yellow split peas
2 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
1 Onion, chopped
8 cup Water
1 Carrot, chopped
1 bunch Parsley, chopped
1/2 Bell pepper (any color)
1 Hot chili pepper (any color)
1 Bay leaf
1/4 tsp Dried oregano or thyme
1 1/2 tsp Salt, or to taste
Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup Rice, uncooked (optional)
Rinse peas well. Drain.
Remove stems and seeds from peppers, reserving some chili seeds to
flavor soup if desired. Chop peppers.
In a large soup pot, saute onion in olive oil until soft. Add peas,
water, carrot, parsley, oregano or thyme, bay leaf, peppers (and
seeds, if using), salt, and pepper to taste. Simmer soup about 2
hours, until peas are soft.
If desired, rice may be added to soup 15 or 20 minutes before cooking
is finished.
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