Split Pea Soup

5 from 4 votes

This is one of the best split pea soup recipes! The ingredients simmer in one large pot and the soup is full of flavor. It's the perfect soup recipe year round.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1 30

Total Time1 40

Course: dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: Quarts

Calories: 1577kcal

Author: Eden

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
2 cups onion chopped
1 cup carrots diced
1 cup celery diced
3 cloves garlic finely chopped
2 yukon gold potatoes cubed
1 lb dried split peas rinsed and sorted to remove rocks and dirt
8 oz smoked ham already cooked from the store
2 large bay leaves
2 tbsp thyme fresh and chopped
6 1/2 cups chicken broth
2 cups water
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper

Instructions

Chop – First chop all of the vegetables and cube the ham.
Wash & Rinse Peas – It’s important to rinse the peas well as you want to remove any rocks or dirt that may have gotten in there.
Sauté – In a large pot, sauté the potatoes, onions, carrots and garlic with butter until they’re soft.
Combine – Add in the peas, ham, water, chicken broth, salt & pepper, thyme and bay leaf to the pot.
Boil – Bring the ingredients to a boil, then let them simmer, uncovered, for 1 1/2 hours.

Notes

The soup will thicken as it simmers. If it’s too thick, add more broth to the recipe.

To make this soup vegetarian, swap out the chicken broth for vegetable broth and remove the ham from the recipe.

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