Crock Pot Pea Soup with Ham
Enjoy a classic comfort dish with Crock Pot Pea Soup with Ham - a hearty, flavorful, and easy-to-make meal perfect for any day. Add all the ingredients to your slow cooker in the morning and return in the afternoon to a soul-soothing bowl of soup.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried green split peas
- 4 cups of chicken stock ham stock or vegetable Broth
- 4 cups of water
- 1-2 smoked ham hocks or 1 meaty ham bone
- 1 cup of diced celery approximately 2-3 stalks of celery
- 1 cup of diced peeled carrots, approximately 2-3 medium carrots
- 1 cup of diced onion from 1 medium onion
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 cup slivered spinach leaves optional
- 1/2 lb approximate ham steak, diced (optional)
- Croutons for serving optional, but highly recommend!
Instructions
- Rinse and sort through dried split peas.
- Add the first 8 ingredients, through ground pepper, to the crock pot and set at low for 7-8 hours or on high for 4-5 hours.
- Once the peas are soft, you can remove the ham hock and puree the soup with a hand-held blender, if desired. We like ours a little chunkier, with bites of carrot and peas. The soup will thicken as it cools.
- Add optional diced ham and shredded spinach and just heat until spinach is wilted and/or ham is warmed through..just a few minutes.
- We like our pea soup with croutons.
Nutrition
Serving: 9ouncesCalories: 258kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 19gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 209mgPotassium: 700mgFiber: 12gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 2255IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 3mg
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