Split Pea and Ham Soup
Split Pea and Ham Soup

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, split pea and ham soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. 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 favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Split Pea and Ham Soup is something that I have 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 it.

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

The soup will thicken during the canning process How Long To Can Split Pea and Ham Soup. This split pea and ham soup turns out creamy and delicious every time, all thanks to your slow cooker. Salty ham balances out the peas' light, earthy flavor, while the potatoes slowly release their starches to create the perfect silky texture. Split pea soup is a classic comfort food that's incredibley easy to make.

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.

It's the perfect recipe to make using leftover holiday ham. I grew up thinking Split Pea Soup was something one should gag on, and I always turned it down. The color made my stomach churn, even though I actually enjoyed eating. 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).

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