'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup
'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup

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Split pea soup may be affordable to make, but the benefits do not stop there. The ingredients in split pea soup are incredibly healthy. They fill you up and provide protein and fiber.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook 'better than it looks' split pea and ham soup using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make 'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup:
  1. Take 1/2 cup dried split peas
  2. Make ready 2-3 slices ham, shredded, chopped, whatever
  3. Make ready 1 cup chicken stock
  4. Prepare 'Flavouring' (I used a tablespoon of leftover casserole liquid)
  5. Make ready 1 onion, chopped
  6. Get 1 celery stick, chopped
  7. Make ready Black pepper and the like
  8. Take 2 tsp olive oil or something similar

I add a couple of chopped carrots with the onion and celery. My family loves this for dinner. And the leftovers freeze great!" - Paigesmomma. Most Made Today Melt butter in a large dutch oven or soup pot over medium heat.

Instructions to make 'Better than it looks' Split pea and ham soup:
  1. Soak your peas overnight or to packet instructions.
  2. Add oil to the pan and cook onion and celery until soft, add pepper.
  3. Add the stock and 'flavouring' to the pan along with the peas.
  4. Cook for an hour or less depending on how firm you like the peas. 1 hour should be broken down quite well. Be careful of sticking.

When it is cold outside, nothing tastes better than hot and hearty split pea soup, fresh from the slow cooker. Pair it with cheese biscuits, a grilled cheese sandwich, dinner roll, or cornbread and leave the table feeling full and satisfied. Any leftover ham that you have can be chopped up and put into this Stove Top Split Pea and Ham Soup too. The more ham the better if you ask me! Taste the soup for seasonings to see if it needs any extra salt or pepper, more pepper is always added at our house.

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