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Split Pea Soup

Calibeach — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:17:04 GMT

We have a ham bone in the freezer plus leftover ham from Thanksgiving . Will be making Split Pea soup on Sunday. If you don't have a ham bone, you can just use chicken stock or you can use ham hocks and store bought ham (diced thick slice). Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches or garlic bread. I cook the ham bone ahead of time to make the ham stock, refrigerate overnight and skim off the fat.

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons butter
2 ribs celery, diced
½ onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, sliced
1 pound dried split peas, rinsed
1 pound cooked ham, diced
1 bay leaf
1 quart chicken stock
2 ½ cups water
salt and ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS

Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium-low heat. Stir in celery, onion, and sliced garlic; cook and stir until onions are translucent but not brown, 5 to 8 minutes

Stir in split peas, ham, and bay leaf. Pour in ham stock or chicken stock and water; stir to combine and simmer until peas are tender and soup has thickened, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Stir occasionally

Season with salt and black pepper to serve

Re: Split Pea Soup

Puppy Galore — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:23:06 GMT

@Calibeach

Thank you for posting, it looks delicious.

Split Pea Soup was my late sister's favorite. We both would make it together

.Happy New Year.

Re: Split Pea Soup

PinkyPetunia — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:33:47 GMT

This is my favorite soup, especially in winter. I buy the Goya dry split peas and use the recipe on the bag. I always add a sliced carrot, sometimes a small sliced potato. No need to make broth separately. I cook the ham in with the soup and it flavors everything. Use lean ham and there isn't much fat.

Now I am in the mood for some.

Re: Split Pea Soup

Calibeach — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:34:03 GMT

@Puppy Galore - it's such an easy soup to make, and hearty for these cold winter days. Wishing you a very Happy New Year 🥂

Re: Split Pea Soup

Calibeach — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:38:12 GMT

@PinkyPetunia wrote:
This is my favorite soup, especially in winter. I buy the Goya dry split peas and use the recipe on the bag. I always add a sliced carrot, sometimes a small sliced potato. No need to make broth separately. I cook the ham in with the soup and it flavors everything. Use lean ham and there isn't much fat.

Now I am in the mood for some.

@PinkyPetunia I also add carrots and I have some extra red potatoes that I can add. Hmmm 🤔 I like the option to skip the making of the ham broth in advance?

Do you cook the bone in the beginning for an hour to make the broth?

Re: Split Pea Soup

Lucky Charm — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:06:40 GMT

As I cook the (dried split) peas in filtered water, I add the ham bone with the leftover meat still on it. Lots of meat and some fat. (!)

Then I add lots of onions, lots of carrots and let them cook in a bubbling simmer for an hour or two.

Will remove ham bone and add potatoes (big diced pieces), cut meat off bone and add back in with a bay leaf. I don't like to leave the bay leaf in the whole time--husband not wild about taste.

But no other seasonings, not even salt or pepper and no broth needed. Bone, meat, (fat!), onions and carrots make a good enough *broth*. It's a hearty soup for sure.

Re: Split Pea Soup

Calibeach — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:21:58 GMT

If you have leftovers, this soup freezes well. I fill quart sized freezer bags which is an individual portion for a quick and easy weekday dinner.

Re: Split Pea Soup

cusegirl — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 22:01:09 GMT

I like split pea soup but my husband doesn't. On New Year's Day I always make lentil soup. I also put in diced carrots, onions, and celery. I also put in 2 potatoes and after they are cooked I mash them and put them in the soup to thicken it. I put a ham bone in with meat on it and 2 cloves of garlic. I always have enough to put a container in the freezer.

Re: Split Pea Soup

LIndaMJ — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:24:34 GMT

@Calibeach your soup looks super good! I made this Sunday with a ham leftover from Christmas. It is DS, DH and my very favorite. I steamed baby carrots and added them to each bowl of soup-years ago I added them to the pot of soup and when I defrosted and heated the leftovers the carrots were the consistency of mashed potatoes.

My mother taught me to soak the peas overnight in water, although not necessary anymore; I still do it her way.

Since I used 2 bags of split peas, we now have several containers of leftover soup, a quick easy meal!

Re: Split Pea Soup

KBEANS — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:36:49 GMT

Delicious! My father would make it even if he didn't have a left over ham bone, and he would slice circular pieces of Hebrew National hotdogs into it.

As kids, we loved that alternate! He learned to do that when he was a cook in the Air Force.

He made a mean Navy bean soup too. I love your soup recipe @Calibeach. Thanks.😊

Re: Split Pea Soup

wagirl — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:19:10 GMT

One of my very fave soups--haven't made it forever. May have to buy some hamhocks soon!!

Re: Split Pea Soup

Calibeach — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:59:32 GMT

@LIndaMJ wrote:
@Calibeach your soup looks super good! I made this Sunday with a ham leftover from Christmas. It is DS, DH and my very favorite. I steamed baby carrots and added them to each bowl of soup-years ago I added them to the pot of soup and when I defrosted and heated the leftovers the carrots were the consistency of mashed potatoes.

My mother taught me to soak the peas overnight in water, although not necessary anymore; I still do it her way.

Since I used 2 bags of split peas, we now have several containers of leftover soup, a quick easy meal!

@LIndaMJ I put the carrots in separate later in the cooking process because mushy carrots are yum. And I soak the peas overnight. Always glad to have extras in the freezer since I only make it once annually.