Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Serves 8
Time 4 hrs 10 min
Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

A perfect winter soup, filling and flavorful, you'll be glad this double recipe means leftovers! Carrots and garlic provide some antioxidant power. Round it out with a green salad and whole grain crackers.

Special Diets:

Dairy FreeDairy Free
Gluten FreeGluten Free

Ingredients

    1 pounddried green split peas, rinsed
    1meaty ham bone, 2 ham hocks or 2 cups diced ham
    2carrots, sliced
    1/2 mediumyellow onion, chopped
    2stalks celery, chopped
    2 clovesgarlic, finely chopped
    1bay leaf
    1/4 cupchopped fresh parsley
    1/4 teaspoonfine sea salt
    6 cupschicken broth
    1/4 teaspoonground black pepper

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Method

In a slow cooker, arrange, in layers, the peas, ham, carrots, onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and parsley. 


Top with chicken broth, but do not stir. 


Cover and cook on high 4 to 5 hours or 8 to 10 hours on low until peas are very soft and ham falls off the bone. 


Remove meat from bones and return the meat to the pot. 


Taste before seasoning with salt and pepper, as the saltiness of the broth and ham may vary.

Nutritional Info

Serving Size

Calories

260

Total Fat

4g

Saturated Fat

1g

Cholesterol

30mg

Sodium

690mg

Total Carbohydrate

34g

Dietary Fiber

13g

Total Sugars

6g

Protein

23g

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