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Split Pea Soup

Split Pea Soup with Tempeh Bacon and Chipotle Cream

  • Author: Well Vegan
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 60 mins
  • Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 1x
  • Diet: Vegan

Description

Adapted and simplified from Tal Ronnen's, The Conscious Cook


Ingredients

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  • Sea salt
  • 4 tbsp. vegan butter
  • 2 shallots, minced
  • 2 leeks, thinly sliced
  • 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp. chopped fresh rosemary
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp. smoked paprika
  • 5 cups vegetable stock or faux chicken stock
  • 1 1/2 cups green split peas, rinsed
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tsp. canola oil
  • 4 slices tempeh bacon

Instructions

  1. Place a large stockpot over medium heat. Add the vegan butter and stir until melted. Add the shallots, leeks, carrot, and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes. Add the rosemary, bay leaf, and paprika and continue cooking for 2 minutes. Add the stock and split peas and season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for about an hour.
  3. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tempeh bacon and fry on both sides until crisp. Cool, then coarsely crumble. Serve the soup topped with tempeh bacon.



Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 4
  • Calories: 996
  • Sugar: 13
  • Sodium: 1411
  • Fat: 49
  • Carbohydrates: 83
  • Fiber: 21
  • Protein: 55
  • Cholesterol: 0