Description
Creamy yellow pea soup studded with bits of ham, carrots, celery, and thyme. There is nothing like this one on a cold day! I am a Canadian now living in the US. and cannot get Habitant® soup anymore, so I came up with this version. I think it is as good as the real thing, if not better, because it is homemade.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups yellow split peas
- 1 ham bone with some meat
- 4 carrots, diced
- ½ large Spanish onion, diced
- 5 stalks celery, diced
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 bay leaf (Optional)
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 pinch ground black pepper, or to taste
- 8 cups water, or as needed
Instructions
- Place ham bone
- split peas
- celery
- carrots
- onion
- salt
- thyme
- bay leaf
- and pepper into a large pot; pour in water. Bring mixture to a boil and skim off any foam with a spoon.
- Reduce the heat and place a lid on the pot
- slightly ajar to allow some evaporation. Simmer
- stirring occasionally
- until peas are tender and soup is thick
- about 3 hours.
- Remove ham bone from soup; remove meat from ham bone
- chop
- and return to the pot.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 3 hrs 30 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 12