Split Pea and Ham Soup
Split Pea and Ham Soup

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I did a few things my old way such as simmered my ham. Use leftover ham to make split pea soup prep even easier. You'll turn to this split pea soup with ham all winter long. Remove ham hock, pick meat, and return to soup (if using).

Split Pea and Ham Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Split Pea and Ham Soup is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook split pea and ham soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Split Pea and Ham Soup:
  1. Make ready 1 1/2 lb dried split peas divided
  2. Make ready 10 1/2 cup water divided
  3. Take 3 chicken bouillon cubes for 6 cups of water
  4. Take 2 lb ham on bone
  5. Take 4 clove garlic, minced
  6. Take 2 carrots, sliced
  7. Get 2 celery stalks including leaves, sliced
  8. Get 1/2 onion, chopped
  9. Get 3 red potatoes, cubed
  10. Get 1 Bay leaf
  11. Take 2 pinch white pepper
  12. Make ready 1 pinch Cheyenne pepper
  13. Take fresh ground black pepper
  14. Get chopped cooked bacon *optional

Split pea soup is classic comfort food. This version is a basic combination of green split peas, ham, vegetables, and seasonings. This basic pea soup is cooked on the stovetop, but with just a few alterations, it may be cooked in the slow cooker. Adding a ham bone to split pea soup elevates it to a whole new level.

Instructions to make Split Pea and Ham Soup:
  1. Sort then rinse peas. In a large pot, combine 1lb peas, 8 cups of hot water, chicken bouillon and ham, then bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pot and reduce heat to low. Cook for 30 min stirring occasionally.
  2. While that's cooking chop all vegetables. After first half hour add the vegetables and seasonings for 30 more minutes or until desired tenderness is reached. In second pot add 2 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 lb of peas on medium heat for 30 min.
  3. Once desired tenderness is reached remove the ham and trim the meat off the bone and discard along with excess fat. Chop meat and add back to soup along with extra peas and water. Mix well and serve.

This basic pea soup is cooked on the stovetop, but with just a few alterations, it may be cooked in the slow cooker. Adding a ham bone to split pea soup elevates it to a whole new level. There is a ton of flavor in the bone itself, as well as marrow and gelatin, which infuses into the soup as it cooks (which both thickens it and gives it many of the same health benefits as bone broth). And there's also still likely a lot of. Add the ham hock and ham and cook, stirring, until beginning to brown.

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