Slow Simmered Split Pea and Ham Soup
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Slow Simmered Split Pea and Ham Soup
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Ingredients
- 1 lb split peas dried
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 onion diced, small sweet yellow
- 3 carrot peeled and diced
- 3 celery diced, stalks
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ham hock extra fat removed from the outside of the hock
- 8 cups chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- salt to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
- black pepper to taste, sea salt and freshly cracked
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, and celery and cook stirring occasionally for 4-5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook for 30-60 seconds before adding stock, split peas, ham hock, bay leaf, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Make sure all fat and bone have been remove from the soup. Taste and re-season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Remove the bay leaf and ladle into bowls. Serve with salad and bread if desired. Enjoy.
- Cover and cook over low heat for at least 3-3 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Slowly break up the ham from the bone a little every time you stir the soup then remove any fat or bone from the ham hock along the way.
- Make sure all fat and bone have been removed from the soup. Taste and re-season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
- Remove the bay leaf and ladle into bowls. Serve with salad and bread if desired. Enjoy.
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