Recipe: Tasty Split Pea and Ham Soup

Split Pea and Ham Soup.

You can have Split Pea and Ham Soup using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Split Pea and Ham Soup

1. It's of dried split peas divided.
2. You need of water divided.
3. It's of chicken bouillon cubes for 6 cups of water.
4. It's of ham on bone.
5. You need of garlic, minced.
6. You need of carrots, sliced.
7. It's of celery stalks including leaves, sliced.
8. It's of onion, chopped.
9. You need of red potatoes, cubed.
10. Prepare of Bay leaf.
11. You need of white pepper.
12. It's of Cheyenne pepper.
13. You need of fresh ground black pepper.
14. You need of chopped cooked bacon *optional.

Split Pea and Ham Soup step by step

1. Sort then rinse peas. In a large pot, combine 1lb peas, 8 cups of hot water, chicken bouillon and ham, then bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pot and reduce heat to low. Cook for 30 min stirring occasionally..
2. While that's cooking chop all vegetables. After first half hour add the vegetables and seasonings for 30 more minutes or until desired tenderness is reached. In second pot add 2 1/2 cups of water and 1/2 lb of peas on medium heat for 30 min..
3. Once desired tenderness is reached remove the ham and trim the meat off the bone and discard along with excess fat. Chop meat and add back to soup along with extra peas and water. Mix well and serve..