This split pea soup is just comfort in a bowl! Feel free to replace ingredients, add ingredients or more spices, or customize the recipe as you wish - whatever floats your boat!
Servings 10servings
Prep Time 30 minutesmins
Cook Time 1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Total Time 2 hourshrs
Ingredients
6stripsbacon, cubed
4-5medium-sized carrots
3stalks of celery
3leeks, cleaned thoroughly
Fresh thyme, chopped (can also use dried)
24oz(685g) bag of yellow split peas
2liters(8 1/2 cups) vegetable stock(or ham or chicken stock! you can also add a ham hock to the soup if you have it)
4-5slices of pre-cooked spiral ham, cubed
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Chop vegetables. Celery and carrots should be diced, leeks cut in circles and thoroughly cleaned. Also, make sure to sort through the split peas in case there are any small rocks in there.
Saute the cubed bacon until most of the fat has been rendered (cooked out). You don't want them completely crispy, but you want them to start getting there.
Add celery, carrots, and leeks. Cook for 5-10 minutes, or until the leeks have softened.
Add thyme, then add split peas.
Stir, then add your stock.
Bring to a boil, and then simmer for 1 - 1 1/2 hours, until the split peas are completely cooked through.