seans_potato_business
Senior Cook
Which is the superior split-pea (green or yellow) and why?
Split peas: green or yellow?
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Constance
Master Chef
I'd prefer the green, just for visual appeal. Actually, I've never tasted the yellow ones. Do they taste different?
Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
According to Cook's Thesaurus, yellow split peas have an "earthier" flavor than the green ones.
I've never used them.
I've never used them.
Maverick2272
Washing Up
I have always used the green ones, didn't even know about the yellow ones. Will surely have to give em a try.
I know yellow split peas exist, but I can't get them here. I would like to try them. If I ever see them, I'm going to be sure to pick up several packages to have on hand.
I loooooove split pea soup. So yummy.
I loooooove split pea soup. So yummy.
Maverick2272
Washing Up
Mmmmmm, ham
. I also like to add carrots into mine
and then top with croûtons, yum!
. I also like to add carrots into mine and then top with croûtons, yum!
Nutritionally - no difference. Cooking wise - no difference. Therefore, based on objective criteria .... neither is superior over the other.
Now, as Andy M. noted - there is some difference in flavor. So, based on that - if someone has a preference for one over the other that is a subjective opinion - a personal preference.
larry_stewart
Master Chef
I use the green ones for split pea soup, I guess I should say ' green split pea soup', But i use the yellow ones for a recipe that my grandmother passed down to me. It s a vegetable soup that has a yellow split peas, barley, tomato, lima beans, mushrooms, celery, carrots, string beans and garlic. definately a different flavor, but still very good, just different .
Swedes eat yello wsplit pea soup on Thursdays. It's tradition. But my mom the west coast Canadian Swede always made green split pea soup. I mix em. I use yellow for many Indian dishes.
mbasiszta
Executive Chef
They come in a wide variety of colors: black, brown, yellow, green, red, pink/salmon. I have used many of them, but really can't say they taste a lot different. The green is just the most well known.
Maverick2272
Washing Up
Hmm, rainbow colored split pea soup?
Chief Longwind Of The North
Certified/Certifiable
To get an idea of the different flavor, purchase a can of Campbell's split pea soup, and a can of Habitant French-Canadian recipe pea soup. The yellow split peas have a milder, less sweet flavor than do the green split peas. They go very well with a bit of pork, a bit of cream, diced onion, and finally, salt & pepper. That's all you really need. Whole yellow dried peas also make a wonderful soup.
With either kind of split pea soup, simmer the soup until the peas litteraly disintigrate, stirring every half hour or so. Total cooking time should be no less than an hour. There should be no hard grains in the soup. Add shaved or grated carrot, and diced onion half way through the cooking time. When all is done, carefully pour the soup into a blender, or use an immesrsion blender to make it silky smooth. If enough peas were used, the solids will remain in suspension. But I usually make a blonde roux with flour and butter, add soup broth to thin, and mix the thinned roux into the soup. This binds the soup, that is, keeps the solids in suspension. They don't settle to the bottom. The soup comes out much creamier that way.
Both yellow and green split peas are enhanced by a bit of mesquite flavored liquid smoke. But add by drops. Too much will ruin the soup and cause significant heartburn. And I don't know about you, but I don't like heartburn. It's painful.
Seeeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
With either kind of split pea soup, simmer the soup until the peas litteraly disintigrate, stirring every half hour or so. Total cooking time should be no less than an hour. There should be no hard grains in the soup. Add shaved or grated carrot, and diced onion half way through the cooking time. When all is done, carefully pour the soup into a blender, or use an immesrsion blender to make it silky smooth. If enough peas were used, the solids will remain in suspension. But I usually make a blonde roux with flour and butter, add soup broth to thin, and mix the thinned roux into the soup. This binds the soup, that is, keeps the solids in suspension. They don't settle to the bottom. The soup comes out much creamier that way.
Both yellow and green split peas are enhanced by a bit of mesquite flavored liquid smoke. But add by drops. Too much will ruin the soup and cause significant heartburn. And I don't know about you, but I don't like heartburn. It's painful.
Seeeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
mbasiszta
Executive Chef
Why not? I made one of those artsy things in a glass container, varying the colors of the split peas and lentils.
