I love split pea soup, its one of those homey, hearty, thick soups that is perfect for a rainy day. I had a couple ham bones (one from the glazed ham and one from the beans I made earlier this week) and along with some leftover ham, it was a must make dish.
Making this soup is an easy thing, but if you want to make it a stellar pot of soup, use a smoked ham hock. It just makes it that much better tasting!
Split Pea Soup
Ingredients
- 2 cups of split green peas. soaked overnight in a big bowl of water. rinse and place in crockpot
- 4-5 cups of stock
- 2 tbs dry mustard
- few splashes of worcestershire sauce
- 1 white onion chopped small
- 2 tbs minced garlic or use garlic powder if you have any
- 2 cups ham chopped small
- Salt to taste
- LOTS of black pepper
- 1 smoked pork hock** or ham bones with some meat on them
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a pot.
- Simmer in a crockpot for 8 hours on low OR bring to boil in a large pot and then simmer for a few hours. You want the peas to break down into mush and the soup to be THICK THICK THICK!
- ** Most important ingredient! Adds so much flavour.
- If using a full smoked pork hock, when the soup is almost done, remove from the pot, cut and cube any meat, place meat and the bone back into the pot.
SPLIT PEA SOUP