Split Pea Soup with Ham

A delicious pea soup recipe with ham and seasonings.  This tasty soup provides a hearty meal that includes meat and vegetables in one dish. It is great topped with croutons or served with a slice of your favorite bread.  Green or yellow dried split peas can be used with this recipe.

Cook Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours, 45 minutes

Ingredients:

1 pound dry green split peas

2 quarts water

1 meaty ham bone

1 cup chopped onion

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste

1 cup diced celery

4 or 5 medium carrots, peeled and cut in chunks

Preparation:

Directions for split pea soup

In a large saucepan or Dutch oven, cover with 2 quarts of water the ham bone. Bring split to a boil; boil the bone until the meat is tender. Set aside to cool. Add to the stock the dried split peas, onion, garlic, salt and pepper to taste Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove meat from bone; dice and return to pea soup with chopped celery and carrot. Simmer split pea soup slowly for 45 minutes to an hour, stirring occasionally until the carrots are tender and the peas have smoothed out. Taste split pea soup and add salt and pepper as needed, to taste. Serve with sour dough bread, butter and a good chilled rose’. This is a puree’ type soup, and will be thick, and possibly a little chunky from the dried peas (they way I like it!). Enjoy!!

Split pea soup serves 8.

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