How to Make Delicious Pea Soup

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Pea Soup. This is a hearty split pea soup has a flavorful ham bone cooked with carrots, potatoes, onions, and a pinch of marjoram. This is a wonderful, hearty split pea soup. Great for a fall or blustery winter day.

Pea Soup Dried split peas are cooked with ham hocks, onions, garlic, and leeks. This filling, hearty soup is perfect for cold winter days. A simple pea soup makes an elegant start to a spring meal. You can cook Pea Soup using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pea Soup

  1. You need 1 lb of Dried Split Peas.
  2. Prepare 2 of quartz water.
  3. Prepare 1.5 lb of ham steak; diced.
  4. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
  5. It's 1/4 tsp of black pepper.
  6. Prepare 1 Package (2 links) of Eckrich skinless smoked sausage; halved & chopped.
  7. You need 2 Stalks of Celery; peeled & chopped.
  8. You need 3 of Carrots; peeled & chopped.
  9. Prepare 1/2 bag of golden baby potatoes; quartered.
  10. You need 2 of yellow onions; diced.

It's also a great way to use frozen vegetables when the produce section is looking bleak. This easy pea soup recipe is one you'll make time and again when you're in a rush. The recipe scales up easily and freezes well, so there's no reason not to make loads. Pea soup is cheap, filling and healthy.

Pea Soup instructions

  1. In a large dutch oven add peas and 2qts water.
  2. Simmer for 2 min, turn off heat, cover and let soak for 1 hour (or soak peas overnight).
  3. Add ham, onion, salt and pepper.
  4. Cover, bring to a boil.
  5. Reduce to a simmer and simmer covered, gently, for 90 minutes; stir often.
  6. Add sausage, celery, carrots, and potatoes.
  7. Cover and simmer gently for 30 min, or until potatoes are tender; stir often.

Love pulses and Instant Pot equally? Instead, for this Instant Pot split pea soup recipe I use chicken or beef soup bones to create rich broth with deep flavor. Pea soup takes time to make, but mostly cooks unattended. You can start it on a weekend when you're around the house, early in the afternoon, and make enough for a few days' worth of leftovers. This is a fabulous "throw it all in the slow cooker" Pea and Ham soup.