Best Yet Rustic Split Pea Soup Recipes

15 BEST SPLIT PEA SOUP RECIPES: COZY SPLIT PEA SOUP AND MORE

Steps:

• In a stock pot, heat olive oil to medium heat. Add onion, carrot, and celery to pot with 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook for 8-10 minutes until vegetables are softened and onions are translucent. Add garlic and split peas, and cook for 1 more minute.
• Add chicken stock, bay leaves, thyme, and black pepper to the pot. Add ham shank. Bring soup to a boil, stir thoroughly then turn heat down to a simmer and cover.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally. After 45 minutes of cooking, remove ham shank so that you can let lightly cool, then shred meat off the bone. Add meat to pot (if you are using diced ham, add it now), then simmer soup for another 10-15 minutes, until split peas have started to break apart, are very soft, and desired thickness of your soup has been reached, adding 1/2 to 1 cup water. When desired thickness is achieved, discard thyme sprigs and bay leaves. Stir in vinegar and Worcestershire sauce. Taste and adjust salt by 1/4 teaspoon increments if needed.
• Serve with crusty bread or croutons!
• Leftovers keep well in covered container in refrigerator for 4 days. When reheating, add water to loosen.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Dump split peas into a large bowl. Cover with hot water. Set aside.
• In a large pot over medium heat, melt butter.
• Add onion, carrot, and celery. Cook until vegetables are tender, about 8-10 minutes.
• Add garlic, and cook for an additional 2 minutes, until fragrant.
• Drain split peas and add to pot with ham bone, bay leaves, thyme, chicken stock, and water. Stir to combine.
• Bring soup mixture to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally until split peas are cooked down.
• Add diced ham and potato. Stir to combine. Continue simmering for an additional 1 hour, until soup is cooked down to desired consistency and peas are broken down and very soft.
• When ready to serve, remove ham bone and bay leaves. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot with croutons.

BEST YET RUSTIC SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Put the smoked turkey leg in a six-quart pot. Oval pots are great, as turkey legs can be pretty long!
• Add the split peas and the 2 quarts of water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce to simmer.
• After a while, there will be foam on top of the water. Skim it all off and discard.
• Add the diced onion, carrot, sliced garlic, celery seed, salt and bay leaf.
• Simmer for one hour, mostly covered.
• Remove the bay leaf.
• Remove the turkey leg and allow it to cool enough to handle while you simmer the soup for another fifteen minutes.
• Remove skin, bones and tendon from turkey leg and dice the meat into bite sized pieces.
• Add meat back to soup.
• Add milk and half and half and heat to serving temperature.
• Serve in big bowls topped with freshly ground pepper.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, cover peas with 2 quarts cold water and soak overnight. If you need a faster method, simmer the peas gently for 2 minutes, and then soak for l hour.
• Once peas are soaked, add ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and marjoram. Cover, bring to boil and then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bone; cut off meat, dice and return meat to soup. Add celery, carrots and potatoes. Cook slowly, uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

SPLIT PEA SOUP (((BEST PEA SOUP EVER)))

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a large stew pot.
• Cover ingredients with water about 2 inches above the top of the ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for about 3 hours, or until peas are pureed and slightly thickened.
• Serve with a crusty bread if desired.

BEST EVER SPLIT PEA

Steps:

• In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat olive oil. Cook onion, carrot, celery and garlic until onion is translucent. Stir in yellow and green split peas, broth, seasoning and salt. Cover, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 2 1/2 hours, stirring frequently. Puree with a blender or food processor. Return to pot, heat through, and serve.