Cookbook:Boiled Yellow Split Peas

| Vegetarian Cuisine

These legumes are flavorful and healthy, but require soaking.

Ingredients

 * ½ pound (225 grams / 1¼ cups) dry yellow split peas
 * 3–4 cups (¾–1 liter) potable (drinking) water
 * ⅛ teaspoon baking soda, if needed (see tips)

Quick method

 * 1) Pick over beans, then add hot water.
 * 2) Boil for two minutes.
 * 3) Set aside for 1 hour.
 * 4) Drain and rinse.
 * 5) Simmer until tender.

Overnight method

 * 1) Pick over beans, then add cold water.
 * 2) Soak overnight, or 6 hours minimum.
 * 3) Drain and rinse.
 * 4) Simmer until tender.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * As beans are a natural product, pick over beans, discarding any stones, dirt particles, or discolored beans before soaking or cooking.
 * If you have hard water in your area, adding ⅛ teaspoon baking soda will reduce the cooking time.
 * Make sure water covers beans by at least 2 inches (5 centimeters), check on water level every little while, and don't let the top beans get above the water.