Classic Split Pea soup
Split Pea Soup
Classic split pea soup with tender peas, vegetables, and ham.
Ingredients
- 1 Leftover ham bone
- 1 pound Dried split peas
- 1 Onion diced
- 3 ribs Celery diced
- 1 cup Carrots diced
- 4 cloves Garlic minced
- 4-6 cups Stock – chicken, vegetable, or ham
- Kosher salt
- 1 tsp Oregano
- 1-2 Bay Leaf
- 1 tsp Hot sauce
- 1½ tsp Worcetershire sauce
- 1 tbsp Oil
- Fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, carrots, and celery and saute for 3 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute longer.
- Sort and rinse the peas
- Add the peas to the pot with the stock.
- Add the 1/4 tsp salt, the oregano, bay leaves, hot sauce, worstershire and a few grinds of pepper.
- Nestle ham bone into soup mixture. Bring mixture to a boil, then reduce to low. Cover and let simmer, stirring occasionally, until peas and ham are tender, about 60 – 80 minutes.
- Remove ham from soup, let rest 10 minutes then shred or dice meat portion into pieces and add to the soup.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper.
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