Split Pea Soup with Ham

Name: Split Pea Soup with Ham
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Canadian
Ingredients: 400g dried yellow split peas; 1 smoked ham hock or 300g diced smoked ham; 2 carrots, diced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2L chicken stock; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp dried thyme; salt and pepper to taste

A thick, hearty Canadian split pea soup with chunks of ham and a smoky depth. Simmering the ham hock directly in the pot with the peas for the full 1.5 hours infuses the whole soup with its smoky depth, rather than adding ham as an afterthought.

Total time

105 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

90 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Canadian

Ingredients

400gdried yellow split peas

1smoked ham hock or 300g diced smoked ham

2carrots, diced

2stalks celery, diced

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

2Lchicken stock

1bay leaf

1 tspdried thyme

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Rinse split peas.

Cover ham hock with stock in a large pot. Add peas, vegetables, garlic, bay and thyme.

Bring to a boil. Simmer 1.5 hours until peas are dissolved.

Remove ham hock. Shred meat and return to soup. Discard bone.

Season well and serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

Protein

3.8g

Fat

0.6g

Carbs

8.4g

Fiber

1.5g

Sodium

1923mg

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