Hello everybody, it is John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, split pea soup with ham. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
I did a few things my old way such as. This is a straight-forward version of a classic soup combines dried split peas with onion and ham. Variations include adding carrots, celery, or potatoes. Add the split peas, ham bone, and enough water to cover ingredients; season with salt and pepper.
Split Pea Soup with Ham is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Split Pea Soup with Ham is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have split pea soup with ham using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Split Pea Soup with Ham:
- Get 2 lb. dried split peas
- Make ready 11 1/2 cups
- Take 4 chicken bouillon
- Get 2 lb. ham on bone
- Make ready 4-5 clove garlic minced or pressed
- Prepare 2 carrots sliced or ½ cup shredded
- Make ready 2 celery stalks leave and all medium chopped
- Prepare 1 onion minced
- Prepare 2 Bay leaves
- Make ready 1/2 tsp pepper
- Make ready 1/2 tsp oregano
- Make ready 1 pinch Kosher salt
- Get 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- Prepare Fresh black pepper
- Get Chopped cooked bacon; if there isn’t any ham or additional needed
When I want Split Pea Soup, this is the recipe I crave! Made with ham hocks or leftover ham, this is so delicious and freezes well. Add peas and ham hock and cover with stock by a couple inches. Bean Soup Split Pea Soup Beans and Legumes Soup American Ham Onion Recipes Pea Recipes Main Dish Appetizer.
Instructions to make Split Pea Soup with Ham:
- Add the water bouillon cubes, seasonings (oregano, bayleef, black pepper, cayenne pepper) and hambone together. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer for the next half hour.
- Start chopping onions celery garlic and carrots. Add in the peas and stir frequently. Then adding the chopped vegetables. Continue to start frequently. To prevent from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
- After about an hour and a half simmering. Carefully remove the Ham bone from the mixture. Remove any additional Ham removing the fat as well. Chop up finally and add the Ham back into the soup discarding the bone.
- Additional seasoning taste and serve.
Add peas and ham hock and cover with stock by a couple inches. Bean Soup Split Pea Soup Beans and Legumes Soup American Ham Onion Recipes Pea Recipes Main Dish Appetizer. Split pea soup just HAS to be made with a ham bone (yes, yes, I know that you can make a vegetarian one, or one without a ham bone but that's not what I'm talking about here) to be the best split pea soup. Split peas and lentils are the two legumes that don't actually need an overnight soak or extensive cooking times, consequently, I always have a bag of each on hand for quick, easy, satisfying meals. The key to this soup is the ham bone.
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