To get the most out of your split pea soup recipes, you should try different ingredients. Serve the following up, and you will realize that there are indeed many ways to make this classic dish.
Split Pea Soup with Ham
Ingredients
12 ounces of smoked cooked ham
2 cans of sodium chicken broth
1 cup of onion (medium, chopped)
1 pack of split peas
3 ribs of celery (sliced)
3 carrots (medium, chopped)
1 bay leaf
1 tbsp of butter
½ tsp of dried marjoram (crushed)
Instructions
Toss the butter in a skillet. Heat it at medium low levels. Add the onions and ham. Cook it until the ham gets brown. Discard the fat. Put the ham in a slow cooker. Throw in the other ingredients. Cook this tasty split pea soup recipe for 6 hours on low. Take out the bay leaf. Let the mixture rest for 10 minutes.
Split Pea Soup with Salt Pork
Ingredients
1 meaty ham bone
2 cups of split peas
1 cup of onions (diced)
¾ lbs of salt pork (chopped)
1 cup of celery and stalks (chopped)
6 cups of cold water
10 cups of water
Instructions
Immerse the peas in the cold water. Take out the water. Put the ham in a kettle. Add the ham bone and salt pork. Pour in the 10 cups of water. Cover it. Let it simmer for 2 hours. Toss in the celery and onions. Allow this split pea soup recipe to simmer for another hour.
Take out the ham from the bone. Chop it up. Take out the salt pork if you want. Pour the soup in a food processor. Blend it. Put the ham and pork back after the mixing.
Split Pea Soup with Sausage
Ingredients
1 pack of split peas
1 carrot (large, diced)
½ cup of onion (chopped)
1 meaty ham bone
1 celery stalk (chopped)
1 smoked sausage (diced)
¼ tsp of salt
¼ tsp of pepper
8 cups of water
1 cup of potatoes (diced)
Instructions
Commence making this split pea soup recipe by combining the following in a crockpot: split peas, carrots, celery, onions and sausage. Add the potatoes, ham and water. Sprinkle some salt and pepper.
Put the cover on. Turn the slow cooker to low. Cook it for 8 hours. Take out the ham bone. Remove the meat from the bone and put the meat back in the soup.
Fast Split Pea Soup
Ingredients
1 pack of split peas
2 carrots (diced)
1 cup of onion (chopped)
1 bay leaf
½ tsp of thyme
Some salt and pepper
3 cups of chicken broth
1 sausage (chopped)
Instructions
Cook the sausage in a skillet with the onions. Cook it until it turns brown. Remove the juices. Toss the sausage in a crockpot. Add the rest of the ingredients. Cook it for 8 hours on low.
These easy split pea soup recipes are best served with some bread and cold drinks. If you’re looking for some tasty comfort food that’s easy to prepare, split peas soups are it.
