Easiest Way to Make Favorite Split Pea Ham Soup

Split Pea Ham Soup.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, split pea ham soup. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Split Pea Ham Soup is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Split Pea Ham Soup is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have split pea ham soup using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Split Pea Ham Soup:

1. {Take of In Dutch Oven.
2. {Make ready 1 tbsp of olive oil.
3. {Take 1 tbsp of butter.
4. {Prepare 1 cup of chopped onion.
5. {Make ready 1 cup of chopped celery.
6. {Prepare 1 cup of chopped carrots.
7. {Prepare 2 clove of chopped garlic.
8. {Prepare 2 cup of dried green split peas (rinsed and sorted through to insure no little rocks are going in your soup).
9. {Make ready 2 1/2 tsp of Vegeta (seasoned vegetable salt).
10. {Make ready 8 cup of chicken broth.
11. {Prepare 1 of dried bayleaf.
12. {Make ready 1 lb of smoked kielbasa, cut into large chunks. so its easy to remove before blending soup. Slice up after cooking.

Instructions to make Split Pea Ham Soup:

1. Sautee butter, oil, celery, carrot, onion and garlic over medium heat, until onions are translucent..
2. Add chicken broth, green split peas, bayleaf and vegeta.
3. Add smoked kielbasa.
4. Bring up to boil, then reduce to a low simmer. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours, covered, stirring occasionally (or until peas are somewhat falling apart and tender).
5. NOW I like my soup a little chunky, but some like it completely blended. I just use my immersion (stick) blender and pulse it a few times, until I reach a desired consistency. You can use a blender too, if you would like. REMOVE BAYLEAF AND MEAT BEFORE BLENDING.
6. Slice up kielbasa. Add back to soup. Enjoy!.
7. You can substitute smoked ham hock, cubed ham steak, reg sausage...whatever you choose..

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