Description: Hearty soup for a winters day. Best served the next day with bread or saltines. Time: 2.5 hours Difficulty: Easy Serving Size: 3+ quarts Ingredients: 1 lb. dried split peas 1/2 lb. Ham diced 3 red Potato's diced, not peeled 3 Carrots slicked thick 1 lg. Yellow Onion 3 cloves garlic 1 Tablespoon Black Pepper crushed Salt to taste 1 Serrano pepper crushed 1/2 lb Bacon Preparation: Dice the Ham and onion and slice the Carrot Fry the Bacon crisp Instructions: Saute Ham Carrots and Onion until the Onion is translucent Add 2 quarts of water and bring to a boil Add pepper, red and black Add Split peas and Potato's and simmer for 1.5 hours add garlic 20 minutes before finished It's best served the next day with crumbled bacon and chopped Chives as a garnish and bread of some sort
Looks very good I have made split pea soup many times but usually puree it for some reason. This seems much tastier. I use smoky ham hocks for flavor as well.
That looks really good. A very different looking split pea soup then my mom makes. I'll definitely give this recipe a try. Thanks!
