Description
This split pea soup is a family recipe that I added a few tweaks to. We always make this after Easter with our leftover ham bone. Simple and delicious!
Ingredients
- 10 cups water, or more as needed
- ½ pound baby carrots
- ½ pound celery stalks, cut in thirds
- 1 large overripe tomato, punctured with a knife
- 1 large onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 meaty ham bone
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ pound baby carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 pound split peas, picked over
- 2 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 (1.41 ounce) packages sazon seasoning (such as Goya®)
- 2 teaspoons ground pepper, or more to taste
- sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Make stock: Combine water
- baby carrots
- celery
- tomato
- quartered onion
- ham bone
- garlic
- and bay leaves in a large stockpot. Bring stock to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 3 hours.
- Remove 1 1/2 to 2 cups ham meat from bone; dice and set aside for use in soup.
- Pour stock through a strainer and discard solids. Transfer stock to a covered container and refrigerate until fat rises to the top and solidifies
- 1 to 3 hours.
- Skim off fat and pour stock into a slow cooker.
- Make soup: Melt butter in a saucepan and add sliced baby carrots
- red onion
- and diced garlic. Cook and stir until browned
- 7 to 8 minutes. Pour wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add to the slow cooker.
- Rinse and drain split peas and add to the slow cooker. Add reserved ham meat
- potatoes
- sazon seasoning
- black pepper
- and salt; stir well.
- Cook on High until soup is thickened
- 5 to 6 hours.
- Transfer about 1/3 of the soup to a blender. Cover and hold the lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Return purée to the slow cooker and stir.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 8 hrs 12 mins
Total Time: 9 hrs 42 mins
Servings: 8