Split Pea & Ham Bone Soup
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Ingredients
  • 1 ham bone with leftover meat attached
  • 2 cups split green peas
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onions, diced
  • 3 celery stalks, diced
  • 3 carrots, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 teaspoons thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 7-8 cups no-sodium vegetable stock (or water)
  • pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Heat large stock pot, then add olive oil.
  2. Add onion, celery and carrots. Let cook for a minute.
  3. Add ham bone.
  4. Rinse split peas then add to pot with garlic, thyme and bay leaf.
  5. Stir and let cook for another couple minutes. Add 7 cups of stock or water.
  6. Bring to boil, then turn heat down, cover and let simmer for about 40 minutes, until peas break down.
  7. Check on every once in awhile and stir to break the ham off the ham hock. Add more water if mixture is too thick.
  8. Season pepper to taste.
Recipe by at https://erindishes.com/split-pea-and-ham-bone-soup/