Recipes

[Calibeach]

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

[Puppy Galore]

@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.

[PinkyPetunia]

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.

[Calibeach]

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

[Calibeach]

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@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.

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@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?

[Lucky Charm]

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.

[Calibeach]

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.

[cusegirl]

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.

[LIndaMJ]

@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!

[KBEANS]

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.😊