Split Pea Soup

Submitted by Dancer

"yum"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 2 1/2 quarts

ingredients

• 1 ham bone (leftovers)
• 3 cups dried whole green peas, split
• 4 quarts water
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped (with leaves)
• 2 cups carrots, diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper

directions

1. Simmer ham bone with peas in water for 2 hours.
2. Add remaining ingredients.
3. Continue to cook for about 1 hour.

Reviews

[mabers]

This soup is fabulous.....so easy and so tasty.....I can hardly stop eating it! Thanks!

 

[Charliewz]

My son and husband love this recipe.

 

[Kiko5541]

Delicious was the buzz word at dinner! I chose this recipe because it was easy and had a few ingredients. This was the perfect, thick split pea soup! I used a ham steak in place of the bone, and halved the onion and celery instead of dicing for a smoother soup. After reading the reviews about watery-ness, I used 4 cups peas. That was perfect. Also, I only needed to cook for 2 hours, and added a couple spoonfuls of chicken and beef base. Thanks for sharing!

 

[jeffreysk]

Wonderful recipe though I modified it slightly to suit my tastes. Use chicken broth rather than plain water. Added 1 1/4 cups of Yukon Gold potatoes, and because I like soups and stews with a slight heat I added 1 fresh jalapeno (diced) with seeds, 3 additional gloves of garlic, 1/8 tsp black pepper, and 1/8 tsp. of ginger. Fed it to friends. Rave reviews. Thank you Dancer for the inspiration.

 

[HisPixie]

I didn't have leftover ham so I used a ham base added to the boiling water. I only used 3 quarts of water. I added some ham near the end of the cooking; I had some ham slices that I chopped up.