Split Pea Soup, Vegetarian, Easy

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb split peas
• 4 (14 ounce) cans vegetable broth
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 4 carrots, diced
• 1 cup water
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 rinse and pick through peas to remove any unpleasant bits.
• 2 bring 2 cans vegetable broth to boil in large saucepan.
• 3 meanwhile, sauté onion in butter until just translucent, not soft.
• 4 add split peas and cooked onion to broth. cook about 1 hour till peas are very tender, adding more vegetable broth as needed. you do not want too much broth.
• 5 in a separate pan, cook carrots in water till tender. chop into fine pieces.
• 6 when split pea mixture is soft, purée in a blender or food processor till it is creamy and smooth.
• 7 return to pan and add finely chopped carrots.
• 8 heat through and serve. soup should be very thick and creamy.