Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, split pea and ham soup. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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.
Split Pea and Ham Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Split Pea and Ham Soup is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook split pea and ham soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Split Pea and Ham Soup:
- Take 1 1/2 lb dried split peas divided
- Take 10 1/2 cup water divided
- Prepare 3 chicken bouillon cubes for 6 cups of water
- Get 2 lb ham on bone
- Make ready 4 clove garlic, minced
- Get 2 carrots, sliced
- Take 2 celery stalks including leaves, sliced
- Prepare 1/2 onion, chopped
- Take 3 red potatoes, cubed
- Take 1 Bay leaf
- Make ready 2 pinch white pepper
- Prepare 1 pinch Cheyenne pepper
- Prepare fresh ground black pepper
- Make ready chopped cooked bacon *optional
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 if you want to make freezer meals. Drain the peas and set aside. Place in a pot, cover with water and bring to a boil.
Instructions to make Split Pea and Ham Soup:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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. Split pea soup is a classic comfort food that's incredibley easy to make. It's the perfect recipe to make using leftover holiday ham.
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