easy split pea soup

This Split Pea Soup is better than your grandma's (we won't tell). The secret? A good, smoky ham hock for delicious flavor and meaty texture.

Split Pea Soup

(1 lb.) smoked ham hock

yellow onion, chopped

leeks (white and pale green parts only), thinly sliced

shallots,

Kosher salt

black pepper

lb. dried green split peas

chicken broth

thyme,

bay leaves

In a large pot over medium heat, heat 1 tablespoon oil. Add ham hock and cook, turning occasionally, until golden on all sides, about 6 minutes total. Remove ham hock from pot and add remaining oil.

Add onions, leeks, and shallots and season with salt and pepper. Cook until tender, 6 minutes more. Add split peas, broth, thyme, bay leaves, and seared ham hock and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook, covered, stirring occasionally until peas are tender, about 1 hour. (If the soup gets too thick, add water 1/2 cup at a time until desired thickness is reached.)

When peas are tender, remove bay leaf, thyme, and ham hock. Remove any meat from ham hock and shred. Use an immersion blender or countertop blender to purée roughly 1/4 of the soup. Return puréed soup to pot along with shredded ham hock and season to taste with salt and pepper.

Served topped with more fresh thyme and another crack of black pepper.

I do it this way: smoked ham hock (ESSENTIAL), yellow onions, lots of garlic, dried thyme, homemade smoked turkey stock, pork belly (pre-browned), carrots, celery, and unpeeled potatoes. Dice all the veggies. No need to sear the ham hock, just add it with the peas, about 1 t. dried thyme, 2 bay leaves, kosher salt & fresh-ground pepper (~1 t. each), and stock. No blenderizing — I’m old school, I like it chunky. Other than those changes, I use your recipe.

Followed this recipe exactly! Absolutle delicious! We ate it with homemade beer bread!

Fantastic recipe! Everyone enjoyed and husband was very impressed. Based on some comments I added some ingredients such as a large carrot, celery, garlic... I didn't have fresh thyme so I added some dry. Used cooked ham instead of a ham-hock as well. To finish I used a hand blender to smooth it out, leaving some chunks for texture. No salt added. Only cracked pepper on serving. Will enjoy this one again! Thank you!

This sounds very easy and looks delicious. I can't wait to make this.

Made this delicious pea soup for my husband tonight for our anniversary dinner. He was blown away. I left out the ham and substituted cut up hot dog pieces and it came out delicious! Soup seemed extremely watery when I finished using an immersion blender but I let it sit and it thickened up a lot!

It must have been the ham hock, or the shallots, or the leeks ... and pureeing 25% of the soup at the end really gave the soup some body. And que deliciosa!!

I made it for house guests. Rave reviews!

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This Smoky Split Pea Soup Is An All-Time Favorite

Tbsp bacon drippings ((OR olive oil))

onion

celery

garlic,

green split peas (rinsed and picked over)

salt

tsp black pepper

thyme

marjoram

chicken stock

water

carrots

lb cooked ham (cubed)

potatoes

Tbsp chopped parsley

In a 6 quart Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot, heat bacon drippings over medium high heat. Add onion and celery. Cook for 3-5 minutes or until softened and beginning to brown. Add garlic, cook 1 minute longer.

To the pot add split peas, chicken stock, water, salt, pepper, thyme, marjoram and bay leaves. Mix well. Cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes.

Uncover, add carrots and ham to the pot. Cover and cook for 20 minutes then add potatoes.

Simmer covered for another 10-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Taste and adjust salt and pepper to taste. Mix in 2 Tablespoons chopped parsley.

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