Recipe: Delicious Split Pea and Ham Soup

Recipe: Delicious Split Pea and Ham Soup Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Split Pea and Ham Soup. 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 - How To Make Split Pit Pea and Ham Soup.

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.

You can have Split Pea and Ham Soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Split Pea and Ham Soup

1. Prepare 1 1/2 lb of dried split peas divided.

2. Prepare 10 1/2 cup of water divided.

3. Prepare 3 of chicken bouillon cubes for 6 cups of water.

4. You need 2 lb of ham on bone.

5. It’s 4 clove of garlic, minced.

6. You need 2 of carrots, sliced.

7. Prepare 2 of celery stalks including leaves, sliced.

8. Prepare 1/2 of onion, chopped.

9. Prepare 3 of red potatoes, cubed.

10. You need 1 of Bay leaf.

11. Prepare 2 pinch of white pepper.

12. You need 1 pinch of Cheyenne pepper.

13. You need of fresh ground black pepper.

14. You need of chopped cooked bacon *optional.

Ladle the hot split pea and ham soup into prepared hot jars.

The soup will thicken during the canning process How Long To Can Split Pea and Ham Soup.

When I want split pea soup in a hurry, my pressure cooker is my best friend!

Here I chopped up some of my leftover ham and sauteed it as my garnish.

Split Pea and Ham Soup step by step

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 thats 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..

This bone was leftover from mt Apricot-Rum Glazed Ham recipe.

When making soups and stews in the pressure cooker, very little liquid evaporates.

Split pea soup is a classic comfort food that's incredibley easy to make.

It's the perfect recipe to make using leftover holiday ham.

I grew up thinking Split Pea Soup was something one should gag on, and I always turned it down.