Golden Split Pea Soup

Name: Golden Split Pea Soup
Total time: 14400 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups split peas; Water to cover peas after rinsing; 1/2 lb Bacon (about 6 slices); 4 carrots sliced; 1/2 white onion diced; 3 large ribs celery sliced; 1 large ham shank or multiple smaller ones which I used here; Fresh ground black pepper; 1 tsp dried thyme; 3 garlic cloves sliced; 2 cups chicken broth

Jen @cook_18631956

Oregon

We have been making pea soup in my family my entire life, but everyone else just used the peas and water. I like flavor and this soup has it for sure! Very hardy.

Jen @cook_18631956

Oregon

We have been making pea soup in my family my entire life, but everyone else just used the peas and water. I like flavor and this soup has it for sure! Very hardy.

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Ingredients

4 hours

12 servings

2 1/2 cupssplit peas
Water to cover peas after rinsing
1/2 lbBacon (about 6 slices)
4carrots sliced
1/2white onion diced
3large ribs celery sliced
1large ham shank or multiple smaller ones which I used here
Fresh ground black pepper
1 tspdried thyme
3garlic cloves sliced
2 cupschicken broth

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Steps

4 hours

1

Chop and fry bacon until crispy, pour off most bacon fat
2

Deglaze pan using chicken stock
3

Add all chopped veggies herbs and pepper, cook until aromatic
4

Add peas, water and chicken broth, stir.
5

Add ham shank and bring everything to a boil and skim off the foam
6

Cover and cook on low at least 3-4 hours until meat falls off the bone removing bones and skin from shank out of soup and the peas are tender. Do not add additional salt during cooking, the bacon and ham shanks with the broth have plenty, just season with black pepper to taste.
7

You can adjust thickness of soup by adding water during the cooking process and adjust seasonings to taste, if you want to add more salt I would add it to your bowl instead of the pot, so it's not too salty.