Thursday, January 5, 2012

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup.

You already know I'm a soup junky. And a slow cooker junkie. Well, maybe you didn't know that I also love peas! And this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup makes me happy. Even my husband who despises peas really likes this soup. Because it's that good.

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Ingredients:
  • Dried split peas, 16 ounces
  • 6-8 cups chicken stock or broth (enough to cover ham hocks)
  • 2 smoked ham hocks (not smoked would also work, but smoked is so much better)
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
  • 1 tablespoon minced garlic (I use jarred)
  • 1 cup chopped carrot
  • optional garnish: diced ham

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Directions:
  1. Add ingredients to slow cooker and cook on high 4-6 hours or low for 8-10 hours.
  2. Remove ham hocks and mash soup with a fork or blend with an immersion blender, depending on your consistency preference. (I like mine smoooooth).
  3. Optional step: brown diced ham in a skillet and serve on soup.
  4. Enjoy!
Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
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4 comments:

Lin said...

Omg thank you so much for posting this recipe! I have left over ham bones from thanksgiving sitting in the freezer that I've been dying to toss into pea stew but couldn't remember the recipe lol.

Anonymous said...

The recipe looks great. However, I'm on a low fat diet due to vascular disease. Ham hocks are full of fat! I'm able to make changes to most recipes to eradicate the fat, but can't think of how I'd substitute for the ham hocks. Ideas?

Anonymous said...

To lower the fat, I'd say use some other smoked meat...browned turkey bacon or even smoked turkey sausage. They even sell liquid smoke!

Danzegirl said...

Thank you so much for posting. I'm gluten free and I struggle to find gluten free soups that don't lack flavor. This can easily be completed using gluten free stock. Thank you again!!

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