This split pea and ham soup turns out creamy and delicious every time, all thanks to your slow cooker. Salty ham balances out the peas' light, earthy flavor, while the potatoes slowly release their starches to create the perfect silky texture. After 8 hours of hands-off, crockpot cooking, this split pea and ham soup is ready to devour (although leftovers fare well in the freezer, too). An easy, excellent recipe to add to your fall/winter rotation, this filling and flavorful split pea and ham soup is sure to become a new favorite in your house. Top with freshly cracked pepper and serve with a side of crusty bread. 

Smoky Ham and Split Pea Soup

Yukon gold potatoes

garlic cloves, chopped

onion

celery

carrot

bay leaf

black pepper

salt

smoked ham hocks

water

sour cream

Layer peas and next 9 ingredients (through ham) in order listed in a 6-quart electric slow cooker. Gently pour 6 cups water over top. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.


Remove ham hocks from slow cooker. Remove meat from bones, and cut into bite-sized pieces; discard skin and bones. Discard bay leaf.


Coarsely mash soup to desired consistency, adding additional hot water to thin, if desired. Stir in chopped ham. Divide soup evenly among 8 bowls; top each serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream.


 This was an excellent recipe. It came out very delicious. Our full review with pictures is on here http://www.nickandalonakitchen.com/2016/03/smoky-ham-and-split-pea-soup.html  

This was a very good split pea soup.  I served it with homemade onion bread. 

Super easy slow cooker recipe, the kind you just throw everything in , set the timer and it comes out delicious. (You do have to chop veggies:). Couldn't get ham hocks so used 4 slices of bacon chopped instead. After reading comments, cooked for 10 hours but might have worked with 8 hours - will have to try.

I made this yesterday and it turned out very good. I was worried after 5.5 hours that my peas were still  hard and not softening.  So I turned it on high for 2.5 hours and that did the trick. I seemed so watery, but after buzzing it with the stick blender it thickened up as it sat.  Left overs tonight are far better.  I also used a smoked turkey leg as I could not get ham hock.  I liked it even better with the turkey!  Will always make it that way!  Thanks for a great recipe.

 I made this recipe exactly as written except used 4 cups unsalted chicken stock and 2 cups of water and used the bone from a holiday ham I had in my freezer.  Delicious and so easy!!  Yum!  Will definitely be making this again 

Excellent recipe - great flavor and couldn't be easier to make. My family loved it.

Easy and delicious! This soup will be a regular part of our fall/winter rotation.

My grocery store was out of hocks, so I used both parts of a smoked turkey wing. Otherwise followed all other directions exactly, and it came out perfectly.

Found this recipe to be excellent -- used smoked ham hocks from my local butcher added a wonderful flavor, although I found there to be no usable meat to cut off when cooking was done.  Followed recipe as written, but after 8 1/2 hours on low, the split peas were still not completely cooked, so I turned crockpot to high for another hour, and then it was perfect. 

I have always loved restaurant split pea soup...but when I tried to make it, following the bag recipe it never came out.    I made this on Sunday and now I have found my forever recipe! 

smoky ham and split pea soup

Total: 8 hours, 15 minutes

Servings: 4.5

Cost: $5.99 /serving

Author : Deb Wise

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