Split Pea Soup. This is a hearty split pea soup has a flavorful ham bone cooked with carrots, potatoes, onions, and a pinch of marjoram. This is a wonderful, hearty split pea soup. Great for a fall or blustery winter day.
Dried split peas are cooked with ham hocks, onions, garlic, and leeks.
This filling, hearty soup is perfect for cold winter days.
Pea soup or split pea soup is soup made typically from dried peas, such as the split pea.
You can cook Split Pea Soup using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Split Pea Soup
- You need 2 cup of chicken broth.
- It's 1 cup of dry split peas (rinsed & drained).
- Prepare 1 1/2 lb of meaty pork hocks or meaty ham bone.
- It's 1/4 tsp of dried marjoram crushed.
- It's 1 of bay leaf.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped carrot.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of chopped celery.
- It's 1/2 cup of chopped onion.
It is, with variations, a part of the cuisine of many cultures. Split Pea Soup is the perfect hearty winter soup to serve your family as it is so easy-to-mak and so good! My family considered this soup as an all-time comfort food. It's soup weather, and split pea soup is one of my personal favorites!
Split Pea Soup step by step
- In large saucepan combine broth, split peas, ham hock, marjoram, bay leaf, 2 cups of water & dash of pepper..
- Bring to boiling, reduce heat, cover & simmer for 1 hour. Stirring occasionally.
- When cool enough, cut meat off bones. Return meat to saucepan. Stir in carrots, celery & onion..
- Return to boiling, reduce heat, cover & simmer for 20-30 min. (til veggies are tender).
It's so easy to whip up, you'll never eat it from a can again. Bonus: split peas soften while cooked, so you don't need to soak them. Pea soup takes time to make, but mostly cooks unattended. You can start it on a weekend when you're around the house, early in the afternoon, and make enough for a few days' worth of leftovers. Split Pea Soup is a classic American soup made from dried split peas.
