Ingredients

• 1 pound dried green split peas, sorted & rinsed 

• 1 medium-sized onion, finely diced

• 1 cup diced carrot

• 1 cup sliced celery

• 2 cups diced ham

• 2 teaspoons minced garlic

• 1 teaspoon black pepper

• 2 heaping teaspoons dried parsley

• ½ teaspoon dried thyme

• ¼ teaspoon crushed dried bay leaves (or 1 whole dried bay leaf)

• 32 oz (4 cups) chicken stock/broth - low sodium! 

• 2 cups water

Steps

1. Cut and prepare all the vegetables and ham - Sort and rinse the split peas and dice the onion, carrot, celery, and ham

2. Add all the ingredients to a slow cooker of at least 6 quarts in size

3. Gently stir the seasonings, ingredients and liquids together to evenly distribute

4. Place the lid on the slow cooker and turn it on low for 8 hours

5. After 8 hours, your split pea soup should be bubbling and done cooking

6. Remove the lid from the pot

   1. If you used a whole bay leaf, pick that out of the soup before serving!

7. Stir the soup together to redistribute all the ingredients

8. At this point, you will see that the split peas have essentially melted into the soup

9. Ladle the soup into a small bowl to serve and enjoy!

Click here for printer friendly version