Yellow Split Pea Soup
There’s nothing comforting than your house filling with aromas of a sweet and smoky ham simmering in chicken stock with sautéed veggies on a cold rainy day! The prep for this pea soup is done in mere minutes! The only real work involved with this recipe is cutting up the veggies and now that I think of it you could always just grate them.
After a holiday we are usually left with either a turkey carcass or a ham bone and the ham bone is what brings this yellow split pea soup to a new level of flavor. If you haven’t ever tried developing a soup base this way you need to give it a try.
We all have a little extra time on our hands with this Corona Virus pandemic so making a comforting dish that is healthy and soothing will help to put you on the right track with all your home projects.
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Split Pea Soup Ingredients:
- 1 bag of yellow OR green dried split peas = 2 cups
- 1 left over bone in holiday ham (preferably, with at least 1/4 of meat left on bone)
- 8 cups chicken broth, low sodium (2 boxes)
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup finely chopped Vidalia onion
- 1 cup finely chopped carrot
- 1/4 cup finely chopped celery
- 2 tbsp. finely chopped shallots
- 3 lg garlic cloves put thru garlic press
- 2 tbsp. extra virgin oil oil (evoo)
- 1 tbsp. butter
- Salt and pepper to taste at the end
Soup Directions:
- Rinse dried peas in a fine mesh strainer while removing any odd color peas
- Add evoo, butter and all of veggies to large soup pan
- Sauté until translucent and softened ONLY
- Add in left over ham, broth and water
- Liquid level should be up 3/4 to the top of the ham, add more water if need be
- Simmer for 1 1/2 hours
- Remove ham bone while still simmering peas and broth
- Take all ham of bone, cut up into bite size pieces and return meat only to pot
- Simmer 1/2 more to desired consistency
- Serve with a dollop of butter, a drizzle of hot sauce and a slice of crusty baguette
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