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    Green Split Pea Soup

    Bowls of Green Split Pea Soup

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    Light, quick, nutritious, and easy, this creamy, filling Green Split Pea Soup is perfect for dinner on those fresh spring nights.

    Bowls of Green Split Pea Soup

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    1. Why we ❤️ it
    2. About split peas
    3. About this recipe
    4. Recipe

    Why we ❤️ it

    Quick, summer is coming soon! It's still cool enough to eat soup without melting into a puddle of sweat, and just enough for a nice serving of Green Split Pea Soup.

    Enter this soup: it is so creamy, so filling, so tasty, that you'll be putting it on rotation. This delicious chícharo bean soup is just perfect for cool nights too.

    About split peas

    Split peas -- called chícharo, or arvejas partidas in Spanish -- are dry peas that have been peeled, and without the peel, the two halves split. There are green and yellow varieties of peas.

    Without the peel, the peas will dissolve during the cooking process, which will produce a thicker stew.

    While split peas (arvejas partidas, for Dominicans) are not very common on the Dominican table, we can always find at local supermarkets.

    Benefits

    Split peas are high in protein, and contains high amount of fiber, and is low in fat.

    • Green split peas
    • Bowl of Green Split Pea Soup

    About this recipe

    It is quite light, but filling; on top of that it is very easy and quick to prepare, and if you have a pressure cooker it won't take more than 15 minutes to serving time. If you have a slow cooker, and the time, even better, as the flavors are better released using this method. Both methods are perfect for the working parent in charge of feeding the family.

    You can prepare this as a vegan or a meat-lovers' dish - both options are included.

    Buen provecho!

    Tia Clara

    Recipe

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    Green Split Pea Soup Recipe

    By: Clara Gonzalez
    Light, quick, nutritious, and easy, this creamy, filling Green Split Pea Soup is perfect for dinner on those fresh spring nights.
    5 from 3 votes
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    Prep Time 5 mins
    Cook Time 20 mins
    Total Time 25 mins
    Course Dinner, Lunch
    Cuisine Dominican-Inspired
    Servings 6 servings
    Calories 511 kcal

    Ingredients

    • 2½ cup green split peas
    • 4 low-fat turkey or chicken sausages, (optional)
    • 4 potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes
    • 1 large carrot, peels and cut into cubes
    • 2 celery stalk, sliced
    • 1 sprig cilantro
    • 2 cilantro ancho / culantro leaves, (optional)
    • 1 large red onion, cut into eighths
    • 4 allspice berries (malagüeta)
    • 2 teaspoons salt
    • 1½ quart boiling-hot water, [1½ lt]
    • 4 teaspoons olive oil
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)

    Instructions
     

    • Combining: Place split peas, sausages, potatoes, carrot, celery, cilantro, culantro, onion, allspice, and a teaspoon of salt in the pot (or pressure cooker or crock pot).
      Add boiling-hot water.

    Cooking in a normal (3 quart [3 lt]) pot

    • Cooking ingredients
      Cooking: Cook over medium heat until all the ingredients are cooked through and the peas have dissolved completely (25-30 minutes). Stir regularly to avoid sticking.

    Cooking in a pressure cooker

    • Cooking: Cook for 15 minutes counting from the time the pressure valve starts whistling.
      Open pressure cooker (after cooling, according to the manufacturer manual) and check that the peas have dissolved completely. Cook for another 5 minutes if necessary.

    Cooking in a crockpot

    • Cooking: Cook for 4 hours over medium heat, or 7 hours over low heat.
    • Chicharo soup bowls served with bread
      Serving: To finish (regardless of cooking method), remove allspice berries, drizzle with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper to taste. It goes great with some rustic bread.

    Tips and Notes

    Vegan green split peas soup

    To make it a vegan dish just skip the sausage, the peas in themselves contain a lot of protein.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 511kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 33gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 1390mgPotassium: 1451mgFiber: 25gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 2043IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 95mgIron: 9mg

    Nutritional information is calculated automatically based on ingredients listed. Please consult your doctor if you need precise nutritional information.

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    Edited: Nov 1, 2020 | Publish: May 18, 2012

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