PHOTO RECIPE Pea and ham soup

Name: Pea and ham soup
Prep time: 10 h
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 lb dried split peas; 3 lb ham hock (aka ham bone) (bacon hock or MEATY leftover ham bone); 0.25 tsp salt (start with less adjust later); 0.75 tsp black pepper; 2 cloves garlic (minced); 2 bay leaves (dried or fresh); 1 onion (finely chopped); 1 carrot (peeled and finely chopped); 2 celery sticks (finely chopped); 8 cups water

600 min

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Learn the best way on how to make pea and ham soup. Super quick to prepare because you just place the ham bone, split peas and everything else straight into the slow cooker, then turn it on.

600 min

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Ingredients

number of servings

1 lb dried split peas Added to
3 lb ham hock (aka ham bone) (bacon hock or MEATY leftover ham bone) Added to
¹⁄₄ tsp salt (start with less adjust later) Added to
³⁄₄ tsp black pepper Added to
2 cloves garlic (minced) Added to
2 bay leaves (dried or fresh) Added to
1 onion (finely chopped) Added to
1 carrot (peeled and finely chopped) Added to
2 celery sticks (finely chopped) Added to
8 cups water Added to

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Directions

1. Step

Place peas in slow cooker, push ham in. Scatter all ingredients around the ham bone, then pour over water.

Source: Youtube

2. Step

Slow cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 6 hours on HIGH. (Or 2.5 hours on low on stove, 1 h – 1 hr 20 min pressure cooker/Instant Pot on HIGH)

Source: Youtube

3. Step

Remove ham bone, shred ham meat. Discard bone and fatty skin.

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4. Step

Remove bay leaves. Use a stick blender to blitz 2 or 3 times – thickens soup but doesn’t make it completely smooth (my preference, you can blend completely if you want).