Yellow Split Pea Soup

Submitted by Brookelynne26

"Really tasty and easy to prepare."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup coarsely chopped yellow onion
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 lb yellow split peas
• 1 lb carrot, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
• 1⁄4 lb celery, cut in 1/2 inch pieces
• 1 smoked ham hock
• 8 cups chicken stock
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste

directions

1. Heat the oil in a large heavy pot over medium high heat. Add the onion and garlic, reduce heat to medium low, and cook 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. Add the remaining ingredients, raise the heat to high, cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered about 2 hours. Stir occassionally, soup will become very thick and creamy.
3. Remove the ham hock and chop as little or as much of the meat as desired and add into the soup.

Reviews

[Debbwl]

A nice split pea soup. The only change I made was to use a smoked turkey lag in place of the ham hock. While we did enjoy this felt it could have greatly benefited from some bay leaf. Thanks for the post.

 

[Julie Bs Hive]

Rich and creamy just as you said it would be. I used two ham hocks and that's the only change I made. Made for A Taste of Yellow.