Ham and Split Pea Soup

Name: Ham and Split Pea Soup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 smoked ham hock; 2 cups dried split peas, rinsed; 1 large onion, diced; 3 carrots, diced; 3 stalks celery, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 6 cups water; 1 tsp thyme; black pepper to taste; crusty bread to serve

A comforting British soup made from a leftover ham hock and split peas. Simmering the ham hock itself in the soup, rather than using stock alone, is what gives the peas their deep, smoky flavour.

Total time

110 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

100 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortsoup

Ingredients

1smoked ham hock

2 cupsdried split peas, rinsed

1large onion, diced

3carrots, diced

3 stalkscelery, diced

3 clovesgarlic

6 cupswater

1 tspthyme

black pepperto taste

crusty breadto serve

Instructions

Combine all ingredients in a large pot.

Bring to boil; reduce heat; simmer 1.5 hours until peas are dissolved.

Remove ham hock; shred meat; return to soup.

Season with pepper.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

1.1g

Fat

0.2g

Carbs

8.7g

Fiber

2.4g

Sodium

57mg

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