Skip to main content

Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

    • 7 cups water
    • 1 (16 ounce) packages dried split peas, rinsed and sorted ( 2 1/4 Cups)
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
    • 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/4 inch slices ( 1 1/2 Cups)
    • 2 stalks celery, finely chopped ( 1 Cup)
    • 1 medium onion, chopped ( 1/2 cup)
    • 1 ham bone or 2 lbs ham shanks or 2 lbs smoked pork hocks

Directions

  1. Mix all ingredients except ham in 5 qt slow cooker, then add ham.
  2. Cover and cook on low heat 8 to 10 hrs or on high heat 6 to 7 hours until peas are tender Remove ham from cooker; place on cutting board.
  3. Pull meat from bones, using 2 forks; discard bones and skin.
  4. Stir ham into soup.
  5. Stir well before serving.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Halloween Popcorn Pumpkins

  Ingredients 5 cups popped popcorn 1 cup candy corn 1 cup chopped salted peanuts 1/2 cup butter or margarine 3 cups miniature marshmallows 4 drops red food coloring 3 drops yellow food coloring 4 sticks red or black licorice, cut into thirds Directions Grease a muffin pan and set aside. Place popcorn, candy corn and peanuts into a large bowl and set aside. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in marshmallows, red food coloring and yellow food coloring, adjusting color if needed to get a nice shade of orange. When the marshmallows are completely melted, pour over the popcorn and stir to evenly distribute the candy, nuts and marshmallow. Use a greased spoon to fill the muffin cups. Insert a piece of licorice to act as the stem, and mold the popcorn around it. Let stand until firm, 10 to 15 minutes, and then pull the pumpkins out by their stems and admire your pumpkin patch!

Copycat Franks Red Hot Sauce

"Recreate the flavor of Americas favorite red hot cayenne pepper sauce in your very own kitchen!" Ingredients 18 fresh cayenne peppers ( ends & stems removed) 1 1/2 cups white vinegar ...

Chop Suey Retro 60's Style

Ingredients 1 tablespoon shortening 1 1/2 lbs pork or 1 1/2 lbs beef, cut in 1/2-inch cubes salt ...