Split Pea Soup With Veggies Recipe 445

Steps:

• In a 3- or 4-qt. slow cooker, combine all ingredients. Cook, covered, on low 7-9 hours or until peas are tender. Stir before serving. Discard bay leaf. Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, cover peas with 2 quarts cold water and soak overnight. If you need a faster method, simmer the peas gently for 2 minutes, and then soak for l hour.
• Once peas are soaked, add ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and marjoram. Cover, bring to boil and then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bone; cut off meat, dice and return meat to soup. Add celery, carrots and potatoes. Cook slowly, uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until peas are tender, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. , Add salt and pepper; simmer 10 minutes longer. Remove soup from heat; cool slightly. Process in batches in a blender or food processor until smooth; return to pan and heat through. If desired, garnish with carrots and green onions.

Steps:

• In 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, gently mix all ingredients except carrots.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 to 4 hours.
• Remove ham bone from soup. Let stand about 15 minutes or until cool enough to handle.
• Remove ham from bone. Remove excess fat from ham; cut ham into 1/2-inch pieces. Stir ham and carrots into soup. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook about 15 minutes longer or until carrots are tender.

Steps:

• Place bay leaf, cloves, and thyme sprig on a square of 100-percent-cotton cheesecloth. Bring up corners and tie closed with clean string; set aside. In a large saucepan or 4-quart Dutch oven, melt butter over medium heat. Add celery, onion, and garlic; cook and stir about 5 minutes or until tender. Add cheesecloth bag, chicken broth, pork hocks, split peas, carrot, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 45 to 55 minutes or until split peas are tender, stirring occasionally. Remove and discard cheesecloth bag. Remove pork hocks from Dutch oven. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones. Discard bones. Chop meat. Return meat to Dutch oven. Stir in milk and bottled hot pepper sauce; heat through. If desired, sprinkle each serving with Parmesan cheese.

Steps:

• Heat peas and water to boiling in 4-quart Dutch oven. Boil uncovered 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.
• Stir in onion, celery and pepper. Add ham bone. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 hour 30 minutes or until peas are tender.
• Remove ham bone; remove ham from bone. Trim excess fat from ham; cut ham into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Stir ham and carrots into soup. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until carrots are tender and soup is desired consistency.

Steps:

• In a 4-quart stockpot on medium heat, saute the onions and garlic with the olive oil, oregano, salt, and pepper until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, 1/2 pound of split peas, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 40 minutes. Skim off the foam while cooking. Add the remaining split peas and continue to simmer for another 40 minutes, or until all the peas are soft. Stir frequently to keep the solids from burning on the bottom. Taste for salt and pepper. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Place first 5 ingredients in a large pot.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, partially covered for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent split peas from sticking to bottom of pot.
• Add onions, garlic, celery, carrots and potato. (You can saute these first or add them in directly if you want a fat free soup).
• Partially cover and allow to simmer for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.(You may need to add extra water).
• Season to taste with pepper and vinegar.
• Serve with a drizzle of sesame oil, diced tomato and minced parsley.

Steps:

• Empty the chicken and vegetable stock into a large pot, heat to a low boil.
• Add split peas and chunks and bones of ham hock, ensuring all are covered.
• Simmer for about 2.5 hours until peas are tender.
• Evacuate ham chunks to a cutting board and allow to cool.
• Drain stock and reserve.
• Toss peas into a blender and puree carefully until smooth.
• Mix peas into the reserved stock and set to simmer.
• Skin ham chunks and discard skin and fat.
• Debone the meat and slice small 1/2" square pieces; add to soup mix.
• Add barley if desired and stir periodically so it soesn't stick and burn to the pot.
• Add onion, garlic and carrots and stir.
• Allow this to simmer about an hour, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Add beans and peas, stirring, allow these to cook about 15 minutes.
• You may serve like this, with or without croutons, or pour into indivdual tupperware containers and freeze for future use.

Steps:

• If using bacon: In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp, 12 to 13 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a plate lined with a paper towel. Once cool, crumble and set aside for garnish. If using ham hock: In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, heat the olive oil, then brown the ham hock until golden, about 6 minutes. If making the soup vegetarian: In a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, heat the olive oil.
• Add the onion, leeks and garlic and season generously with salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. (If the vegetables seem dry, add a little olive oil.) Stir in the carrots, paprika (if using), half the split peas, thyme and 8 cups stock or water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, partly covered, stirring occasionally, for about 45 minutes until peas are tender.
• Mash the soup coarsely with a potato masher or give it a few quick blitzes with an immersion blender (watch out for the thyme sprigs). If you'd prefer a smoother soup, blitz until nearly smooth. Add the remaining 1/2 pound split peas and simmer about 1 hour, or until the peas are soft. If at any point the soup looks too thick, add more stock or water; if it looks too thin, remove the lid during the second simmer until it thickens. If using ham hocks, remove any meat from the bone, cut it into small cubes and stir into the soup. Season soup to taste with salt and pepper. Serve with crumbled bacon, if using, and lemon wedges.