Hearty Split Pea Soup with Turkey

Name: Hearty Split Pea Soup with Turkey Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 105 min
Total time: 125 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 5.5 cups water; 2.5 cups dried split peas (no need to presoak); 0.5 cups onion finely diced; 1 cup carrot grated; 5 oz cooked turkey breast meat diced or shredded; 1 tsp black pepper (to taste); 0.5 tsp sea salt; 1 tbsp lemon juice; 3 cloves garlic minced; 1 tsp marjoram fresh if avail minced; 4 cups vegetable broth low sodium

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Minutes to Prepare: 20
Minutes to Cook: 105

Number of Servings: 6

Ingredients

5.5 cups water2.5 cups dried split peas (no need to presoak)0.5 cups onion, finely diced1 cup carrot, grated5 oz cooked turkey breast meat, diced or shredded1 tsp black pepper (to taste)0.5 tsp sea salt1 tbsp lemon juice3 cloves garlic, minced1 tsp marjoram, fresh if avail, minced4 cups vegetable broth, low sodium

Directions

Yield: 6 x 1.25-cup servings
Cooking time: 1h45m

Combine water, broth, peas, onion and turkey in a large soup pot over med heat. Bring to a simmer and cover for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

Add carrots, pepper, salt, garlic and marjoram to pot and mix well. Simmer uncovered for 45 minutes or until soup starts to thicken. Stir occasionally, reduce heat if soup sticks to bottom. Peas should be soft and tender now.

Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Serve immediately. Freezes well!

Veggie version - just omit the turkey!

Number of Servings: 6

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user TASHTEGO.

Servings Per Recipe: 6

Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving

Calories: 148.2
Total Fat: 0.8 g
Cholesterol: 10.2 mg
Sodium: 546.6 mg
Total Carbs: 24.4 g
Dietary Fiber: 8.5 g
Protein: 11.3 g

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Member Reviews

SLM0305
I added a Bay leaf & chicken bouillon to 6 1/2 c. water as I didn't have veggie stock with slightly less onion, garlic & marjoram! My picky DH had 2 bowls! - 12/5/09
MILLA17
This was lovely.Finished the whole pot in one go.Easy to make.Did add 2 potatoes. - 1/1/09

Reply from TASHTEGO (3/28/09)
Glad you liked it - I added a whole grated potato when I made it last week too!