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Healthy Green Pea Soup Recipe with Leeks

October 15, 2015 by Florentina 7 Comments

A simple and healthy homemade green pea soup made with frozen peas and lots of flavorful leeks, chive oil and served with a poached egg.

 

Healthy Leek Soup Recipe with Green Peas and Chive Oil

This healthy leek soup recipe is my gift to us: the leek and green pea lovers!

By all means feel free to use fresh peas here If you have them, I figure most people probably just have the organic frozen bags in the back of their freezer handy at all times, which makes this recipe very convenient.
Without ham and ham hock you guys, because why ruin a good vegetarian thing already ?!
 
Super creamy and silky, just use a hand held immersion blender and carefully puree everything to your liking. Add more liquid as you go to stretch out the soup to your preference.
 
I suspect that adding some fresh baby spinach would be a nice addition, however I’m having a purpose love affair with chive oil at this moment in time and so I’m sticking with that. 

healthy leek soup with chive oil and green peas

You know I like my soups and stews with hearty rustic textures, and so that’s what I went for in here as well, by pureeing only about half of the soup to give it consistency but still have cute little green peas showing up on top. 

Healthy Leek Soup Recipe with Poached Eggs

Because I need a great selling point for the BatMan, a creamy poached egg in the middle of each bowl makes it insanely good. Oh, and so pretty. And he ended up loving it, never guessing that was chive oil drizzled over the top of a leek soup! You see, I’m sneaky like that 😉

Healthy Green Pea Soup with Leeks and Chive Oil

healthy leek soup with chive oil and green peas
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Healthy Green Pea and Leek Soup Recipe

A simple and healthy homemade green pea soup made with frozen peas and lots of flavorful leeks, chive oil and served with a poached egg.
Course Soup
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 371kcal
Author Florentina

Ingredients

  • 1 large leek
  • 6 c vegetable stock
  • 1 lb green peas
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp smoked sea salt + more to taste
  • 4 eggs -for poaching
  • edible flowers -for garnish ( optional)

Chive Oil

  • 1 bunch chives
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Instructions

  • Slice the leek lengthwise then chop it up. Add the chopped leeks to a bowl of cold water and rinse in a few changes of water until all the grit is gone.
  • Place a medium size heavy bottom soup pot on medium flame. Add a lug of olive oil and sauté the cleaned leeks with a pinch of sea salt for about 40 minutes until completely wilted and they start to caramelize.
  • Add the vegetable stock to the pot and bring to a simmer. Add in the green peas and cook everything together for a few minutes until the peas are warmed through.
  • Using an immersion blender puree the leek soup to your liking. I go for a rustic hearty texture but you do as you please.
  • Season to your taste with the sea salt.
  • Meanwhile to make the chive oil, add the chives and 3 tablespoon of olive oil to a small food processor and puree until smooth. Season with a tiny pinch of sea salt.
  • Use half of the chive oil to stir in the soup and reserve the rest to drizzle over the top.
  • Laddle the leek soup into bowls and serve with a poached egg on top and a drizzle of the chive oil. Garnish with some edible flowers and a few flakes of coarse smoked sea salt.

Nutrition

Calories: 371kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 163mg | Sodium: 2064mg | Potassium: 377mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 2225IU | Vitamin C: 48mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 3mg

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