Slow Cooker Pea Soup
Use your slow cooker to make a warming split pea soup. Serve this rich, hearty soup with seasoned croutons for a fabulous lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried split peas
- 1 cup diced carrot
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 3/4 cup chopped celery with leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried leaf thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 4 cups vegetable stock, or chicken stock, preferably unsalted
- 3 cups water
- Meaty ham bone or shank or 2 large ham hocks
- Chopped fresh parsley and croutons, for garnish
Instructions
- Rinse the peas in a colander; pick out any damaged peas.
- In the slow cooker, combine the peas, carrot, onion, chopped celery, thyme, salt, pepper, stock, and water.
- Add the ham bone or shanks to the pot; push them in to cover with the liquids.
- Cover the pot and cook the soup on low for 8 to 9 hours, or until the peas are very soft.
- Remove the ham hocks or meaty ham bone to a platter; skim fat from surface of the soup.
- Remove the ham from the bones and chop or shred it. Return the ham to the soup.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings.
- Ladle pea soup into 6 bowls.
- Garnish each serving with croutons and chopped parsley, if desired.
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