Split Pea Soup
 
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Recipe type: Soup
Serves: 5-6 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 pound bag of split peas, rinsed and drained
  • 1 ½ Tbsp olive oil
  • 1 ½ cup peeled and chopped carrot
  • 1 ½ cup peeled and chopped onion
  • 1 large celery stalk, chopped
  • 1 minced garlic clove
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 6 cups water
  • A ham bone (or 2 rinsed ham hocks)
  • A bay leaf
  • ¼ tsp each of salt, dried thyme, rubbed sage, dried tarragon, and dried marjoram
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 to 1 ½ cups chopped ham
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in a large pot over medium high heat.
  2. Add carrot, onion, and celery and sauté about 5 minutes until starting to soften.
  3. Add garlic and stir about 30 seconds until aroma comes.
  4. Add chicken stock and scrape bottom of pot with a wooden spatula to release any browned bits.
  5. Add water, ham bone, split peas, bay leaf, salt, thyme, sage, tarragon, marjoram, and black pepper.
  6. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, cover tilted for 45 minutes.
  7. Remove ham bone and let the bone and the soup cool a little.
  8. When it’s cool enough, strip meat off of bone and chop.
  9. Using an immersion blender or a blender, puree about half of soup (and mix back together).
  10. Add chopped ham and ham from bone to soup.
  11. Reheat and serve.
Recipe by Savory Nature at http://savorynature.com/2015/12/26/split-pea-soup/