
This Green Split Pea Soup brings warmth and comfort to your plate. During my childhood, yellow split peas were mostly used, but the result is fabulous with green peas. The smoked paprika and liquid smoke are exquisite and bring on the smokiness. Don’t be shy, get some liquid smoke from the grocery store or from here. It is becoming easier and easier to find.
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For another great pea soup visit Quebec on My Plate: French Canadian Pea Soup.
PrintGreen Split Pea Soup
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 medium onion, in small dices
- 1 large carrot, in small dices
- 2 celery ribs, in small dices
- 1 red bell pepper, in small dices
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 4–5 drops liquid smoke
- 8 cups vegetable broth
- 2 cups dried green split peas, well rinsed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 cup sweet potato, cubed
- Juice from half a lemon
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- To garnish: minced spring or green onion, minced parsley, dusting of smoked paprika, lemon wedges
Instructions
Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Stir well, reduce the heat to medium, cover, and cook for 5-6 minutes, until the vegetables are tender, but not burnt, stirring occasionally.
Add the smoked paprika, oregano, and liquid smoke and mix well. Add the broth, split peas, bay leaf, and salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the sweet potatoes and continue cooking, uncovered, until the peas and vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
Taste and adjust seasonings. Remove the soup from the heat and add the juice of half a lemon. Serve the soup garnished with the spring onions, parsley, and smoked paprika. Bon appรฉtit!
Soupe aux pois verts concassรฉs
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 6 portions 1x
Ingredients
- 2 c. ร soupe d’huile d’olive
- 1 oignon moyen, en dรฉs
- 1 grosse carotte, en dรฉs
- 2 branches de cรฉleri, en dรฉs
- 1 poivron rouge, en dรฉs
- 4 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
- 1 c. ร thรฉ de paprika fumรฉ
- 1 c. ร thรฉ d’origan sรฉchรฉ
- 4 ร 5 gouttes de fumรฉe liquide
- 8 tasses de bouillon de lรฉgumes
- 2 tasses de pois verts concassรฉs, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
- 1 feuille de laurier
- 1 1/2 tasse de patate douce, en petits cubes
- Jus de 1/2 citron
- Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
- Garnitures: oignons verts รฉmincรฉs, quartiers de citron, persil hachรฉ
Instructions
Chauffer l’huile dans une grande casserole ou une cocotte ร feu moyen-vif. Ajouter les oignons, les carottes, le cรฉleri, le poivron rouge, et l’ail. Mรฉlanger, rรฉduire le feu ร mรฉdium, couvrir et cuire pendant 5 ร 6 minutes, jusqu’ร ce que les lรฉgumes soient tendres.
Ajouter le paprika fumรฉ, l’origan sรฉchรฉ et la fumรฉe liquide et bien mรฉlanger. Ajouter le bouillon, les pois cassรฉs, les feuilles de laurier, et le sel et poivre. Porter ร รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu ร moyen-bas et laisser mijoter pendant 15 minutes. Ajouter les patates douces et continuer de mijoter jusqu’ร ce que les lรฉgumes et les pois soient tendres, environ 20 minutes de plus.
Goรปter et ajuster les assaisonnements. Retirer du feu et ajouter le jus de citron. Servir la soupe garnie d’oignons verts et de persil frais. Bon appรฉtit!

