SLOW COOKER SPLIT PEA SOUP

When I have leftover ham in the fridge, I always like to make this soup. Just throw the ingredients in the slow cooker, turn it on and dinner is done.

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I have been making this exact recipe all my life. I’m 70. I use ham hocks but I cook them in water or chicken stock first and then put the stock in the fridge overnight and skim the fat in the morning. I have used split green or yellow peas. Sometimes I use 1 cup split and 1 1/2 cups whole peas for texture. Everyone loves it.

This was very easy to make and the house smelt so good. The only thing was I had put it to 10 hours slow cooking but I checked after 6. Glad I did cause mine was cooked to the point of over cooked. I didnt have to puree anything as it was very soft. I used 2pork hocks and pulled the meat off and added it to the pot just before serving. Nice crusty bread went along with it. The rest was frozen into containers for future lunches Thank you for posting.

As written this would be very bland, either use vegetable stock or if you have a ham bone make stock with it, that is what I did. I placed my ham bone with meat attached in the slow cooker, added onion, celery tops, peppercorns and bay leaves, then topped with water until covered, I let it cook on low overnight. The next morning I strained the stock then put it back in the crockpot, added the remaining soup ingredients. I had 2 lbs of split peas, I kept the vegetable amounts the same and only needed 10 cups total of stock. For seasoning I used 1/4 tsp salt, 1 tsp each black pepper, savoury, garlic powder and onion powder. I also had a small bowl of scalloped potatoes left that I chopped up and added with the ham. Six hours on high was perfect to break down the peas, I added the ham and potatoes, stirred, put the lid back on then turned off until dinner, the consistency was perfect.

We made this today, with just a few modifications: -Added a pinch of dried thyme -Added about 1/2 tsp minced garlic -Added 1 bay leaf (removed before eating) We used a ham bone with a decent amount of meat on it. Our slow cooker is probably only 3.5 or 4-quart, and was quite full once we got all the ingredients in. I thought it wouldn’t cook properly, but we cooked on high for about 7 hours, and it was fabulous! So simple, and yet so tasty. I added a good bit of black pepper after the fact, since I like mine that way. Thanks for a great recipe! This one will stay in our rotation!

This was one of the first recipes I reviewed on Zaar. I noticed that when I reviewed it originally, I left off the stars. It definately deserves 5 stars! It is something I have made several times since. I omit the salt because the ham bone usually adds enough. These is an excellent crockpot soup!

This is an amazingly easy and great tasting soup. I would recommend it a to everyone…especially if you are just learning how to use a slow cooker. For those of you that have a smoker…you can’t beat the flavor you get in the soup from the smoked ham bone and the bits of smoked ham. AWESOME!