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Split Pea Soup & Ham
photo by Kathryn Parish
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cups yellow onions, chopped
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 lb dried split peas, picked over and rinsed
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- 1 ham steak, cut into 1 inch pieces
- hot sauce (optional)
directions
- In a large soup pot over medium-high heat, heat the oil.
- Add the onions.
- Season with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper.
- Saute for 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic, bay leaf, and split peas and cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
- Add the broth and ham.
- Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour or more, until the peas are tender.
- Remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
- Remove the bay leaf and discard.
- Add the milk and, using a hand-held blender or potato masher, process until smooth.
- Add the hot sauce if desired and serve hot.
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Reviews
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Made this soup last night for dinner using a lb. or so of leftover ham from Christmas. It was very good. I cut back on the amount of liquid and didn't process the soup with a blender because I like a thick soup. Will cut back on the onions next time. The crushed red pepper (just a little!) gives it a little zip that I like. DH and I eat simple soup and bread suppers a lot in the winter and this one hit the spot!
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I used a ham bone and leftover chopped ham meat. I also added a couple of potatoes. I used the milk and other ingredients the recipe called for. This is the first time making split pea soup and really found this to be an easy recipe that produced an absolutely flavorful soup which I will definitely make again. Excellent recipe and instructions. Thank you for posting.
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Tweaks
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Slightly heavy on the onions for us, but if you like onions then this will be a fantastic choice for you if you also like pea soups. This actually needed to be cooked for (simmering after bringing to a boil) for 1 1/4 hours. I had used a ham bone so I removed it after 40 minutes and allowed it to cool, removing the tender ham bits. Used 1/4 cup of powdered milk instead of the cup of milk. I pureed 1/2 of the pea mixture (after it cooled a bit) and returned it to the pot. I then added the ham bits that I had removed from the bone. Very nice! Next time I'll only use one onion.
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Excellent! Crushed red pepper adds the perfect kick. I took the advice of the other reviews and lowered the broth to 6c to keep it's thick consitency. I added a few cut carrots instead of ham and let it simmer in my crock all day! Mmmmmm! Had to have a second bowl!!! Can't wait to share this with my boyfriend!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TishT
Las Vegas, Nevada
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