Friday, February 6, 2015

Split Ham & Pea Soup



This is a wonderful warm winter comfort soup. You can use ham or not. I used the ham bone I put in the freezer from Christmas dinner. You can cook it on the stove or in the crock pot either way will produce a wonderful soup.





Split Ham & Pea Soup



I put the ham bone in some water and started boiling it. I let it boil for at least a few hours with whatever amounts of carrots, onion and celery you would like.  I removed the bone so I could pull the ham off it to put in the soup. I had to let it cool and added about a cup of split peas to the 5 quart pot of water along with a few cubes of chicken bouillon. 

 


 






The peas boiled for a about an hour when I put the ham I pulled off the bone back into the pot.  I added some frozen peas and seasoning.  Anything will work.  I let it cook for a few more hours and used an emulsion blender to break down the veggies.

 

 




I will taste along the way and if it seems too plain you can add more chicken bouillon or extra seasoning.  

 




Serve with crackers or bread.  Yummy on cold nights and snowy weekends.

 

 

 




Enjoy.

 


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