Description
Split pea soup is a great way to use a leftover Christmas ham bone!
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 4 stalks celery, diced
- ⅓ white onion, diced
- ½ large carrot, shredded
- salt to taste
- 3 cups split peas, rinsed
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1 ham bone
- 5 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup diced ham
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter and oil in a stockpot or Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add celery
- carrot
- onion
- and salt; cook and stir until tender
- about 5 minutes. Stir in peas and garlic. Nestle ham bone into the pot; add stock and diced ham. Add enough water so that liquid is about 1 1/2 inches from the top of the pot; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer
- stirring every 30 minutes and scraping the bottom of the pot
- until peas are mostly disintegrated
- about 2 1/2 hours. Turn ham bone and skim the surface for fat once every hour.
- Remove ham bone from the pot and place on a cutting board until cool enough to handle. Remove any meat from the bones and cut into bite-sized pieces; stir into soup until warmed through and season with salt and pepper.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 50 mins
Servings: 8