Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, split pea and ham soup. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
I did a few things my old way such as simmered my ham. Freezing Split Pea and Ham Soup: Portion the soup into freezer bags or freezer-safe containers or fill an airtight container as much as possible (to To Freeze Split Pea and Ham Soup Freezer Bags: Fill three-quarters of the way up, force out as much air as possible before sealing and store flat in the. Use leftover ham to make split pea soup prep even easier.
Split Pea and Ham Soup is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Split Pea and Ham Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook split pea and ham soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Split Pea and Ham Soup:
- Get 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
- Make ready 2 lb ham on bone
- Get 4 clove garlic, minced
- Get 2 carrots, sliced
- Take 2 celery stalks including leaves, sliced
- Get 1/2 onion, chopped
- Get 3 red potatoes, cubed
- Take 1 Bay leaf
- Make ready 2 pinch white pepper
- Make ready 1 pinch Cheyenne pepper
- Make ready fresh ground black pepper
- Get chopped cooked bacon *optional
Split Pea Soup is the perfect hearty winter soup to serve your family as it is so easy-to-mak and so good! My family considered this soup as an all-time comfort food. Ham bone split pea soup is the pinnacle of split pea soups and it's probably because you don't get it that often. 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.
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.
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. This split pea soup recipe is adapted from one written by Julia Child years ago for a Parade Magazine article. Purchased split peas at Whole Foods- out of dispenser (not pre-packaged) and they cooked perfectly, in accordance with recipe. Adding a ham bone to split pea soup elevates it to a whole new level.
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