Simple Way to Make Any-night-of-the-week Split Pea and Ham Soup

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, split pea and ham soup. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Split Pea and Ham Soup is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Split Pea and Ham Soup is something which I have loved my whole life.

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 Soup is one of my favorite comfort meals.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have 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. Take 1 1/2 lb dried split peas divided
2. Get 10 1/2 cup water divided
3. Take 3 chicken bouillon cubes for 6 cups of water
4. Get 2 lb ham on bone
5. Take 4 clove garlic, minced
6. Get 2 carrots, sliced
7. Get 2 celery stalks including leaves, sliced
8. Make ready 1/2 onion, chopped
9. Make ready 3 red potatoes, cubed
10. Prepare 1 Bay leaf
11. Take 2 pinch white pepper
12. Prepare 1 pinch Cheyenne pepper
13. Make ready fresh ground black pepper
14. Take 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. Look for smoked ham hocks in the meat section of your grocery store. Split peas are a type of pulse, and come in green.

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.

Look for smoked ham hocks in the meat section of your grocery store. Split peas are a type of pulse, and come in green. 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 split pea soup. If it's too thick, just add a bit more water before you add the ham. Adding a ham bone to split pea soup elevates it to a whole new level.

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