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Split Pea Soup

Classic split pea soup with tender peas, vegetables, and ham.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course entree, Soup
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people

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.
Keyword pea soup, split pea soup
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