I made a few changes to a family recipe for split pea soup with ham stock. With the ham bone we have left over after Easter, we always make this. Delicious and easy!
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 8 hrs 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 45 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 10 cups water, or more as needed
- ½ pound baby carrots
- ½ pound celery stalks, cut in thirds
- 1 large overripe tomato, punctured with a knife
- 1 large onion, peeled and quartered
- 1 meaty ham bone
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ pound baby carrots, thinly sliced
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, diced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 pound split peas, picked over
- 2 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 (1.41 ounce) packages sazon seasoning (such as Goya®)
- 2 teaspoons ground pepper, or more to taste
- sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Make stock: Combine water, baby carrots, celery, tomato, quartered onion, ham bone, garlic, and bay leaves in a large stockpot. Bring stock to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 3 hours.
- Remove 1 1/2 to 2 cups ham meat from bone; dice and set aside for use in soup.
- Pour stock through a strainer and discard solids. Transfer stock to a covered container and refrigerate until fat rises to the top and solidifies, 1 to 3 hours.
- Skim off fat and pour stock into a slow cooker.
- Make soup: Melt butter in a saucepan and add sliced baby carrots, red onion, and diced garlic. Cook and stir until browned, 7 to 8 minutes. Pour wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add to the slow cooker.
- Rinse and drain split peas and add to the slow cooker. Add reserved ham meat, potatoes, sazon seasoning, black pepper, and salt; stir well.
- Cook on High until soup is thickened, 5 to 6 hours.
- Transfer about 1/3 of the soup to a blender. Cover and hold the lid down with a potholder; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Return purée to the slow cooker and stir.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 322 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 56 g |
| Cholesterol | 4 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 19 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 1637 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 2 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
First I used the slow cooker to make my ham bone stock. 10 hours on high, then 12+hours on low. I finished on the stove. I used both yellow and green split peas. No potatoes or wine. Large (8 quart) batch. Turned out delicious.
Too much work. I made it exactly as written. Didn’t care for the wine.
Delicious and better than a restaurant! Like Grandma used to do!
yum, I only used 2 packets from the 1.41 oz box. that seemed more appropriate. Will make again
Very good- did not use wine but did everything else and enjoyed it very much.
I looked up a homemade version of the sazon seasoning and it was really good! I used chicken stock made with herbs and white wine to make the ham stock and added a bit of winr to the soup as well. Lots of flavor! I made it for a soup and salad event at church and most of it was gone!
I decided to make this yesterday while I had time on my hands and a ham bone in the freezer I wanted to get rid of. I made as written except that I did not reserve the ham to add back in the soup. I love the flavor ham adds to split pea soup but I do not like hunks of it in my soup. I never have. The one main issue I had with this is that there is way too much carrot going on. The carrot taste overpowered the pea taste and it shouldn’t be like that. I will use half the carrots next time. My other issue was the consistency. It was the perfect look and thickness at 6 hours. I really didn’t want to blend 1/3 of it. I mean it was perfect at that point. Against my better judgement I went ahead and did it and instantly regretted it. Not only was it thick as mud but it went from a pretty green to very unappealing color. With all of this being said, I am still giving this 4 stars. The taste would be great if you cut the carrots in half. You be the judge on the blending part.