Recipe: Yummy Crock Pot Split Pea Soup

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Crock Pot Split Pea Soup. Freeze Option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. In a slow cooker combine split peas, onion, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, ginger, and red pepper flakes..

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup All you need is a slow cooker, a ham bone or ham hocks, peas, and a few veggies. Get it started in the morning, let it cook slowly all day, and it's ready for dinner. Very little prep, just layer in crock pot/slow cooker, leave it for the day and a filling, delicious soup will be ready for dinner. You can have Crock Pot Split Pea Soup using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Crock Pot Split Pea Soup

  1. Prepare 7 cup of water.
  2. You need 1 packages of Dry Split Green Peas (1lb bag of beans).
  3. You need 1 packages of Smithfield Ham Slice, diced (1.5 lb).
  4. You need 1 each of Onion, diced.
  5. You need 1 each of Green Bell Pepper, diced.
  6. Prepare 2 stick of Celery, chopped.
  7. Prepare 3 stick of Carrots, chopped.
  8. You need 4 dash of Onion Powder.
  9. It's 1 of Salt.
  10. It's 1 of Black Pepper.
  11. It's of Garlic Powder.
  12. It's of Crushed Red Pepper.

This recipe is a very versatile base split pea soup. For a Vegan option, omit the meat. I have made this recipe using ham, ham hock, and bacon. I have used veggie broth, chicken broth and water. each tasting different but yummy!

Crock Pot Split Pea Soup instructions

  1. Add thick coat of NON STICK SPRAY to your Crock Pot ( slow cooker )..
  2. Add water, beans, celery, bell pepper, onion, carrots and seasonings..
  3. Add diced ham ( it is cheaper to buy the big thick slice and dice yourself ) ... Give a good stir to thoroughly combine..
  4. Cook on high 6-8 hours. ( Or cook on low 10-12 ).
  5. Optional: Serve with warm sliced bread/crackers! Enjoy!.

Something magical happens when dried split peas break down into a thick, naturally creamy, and delicious soup over several hours in the slow cooker. Here, all you do is lay down a layer of dried slit peas in your crockpot's insert, then add a layer of diced carrot, celery, and yellow onion, with some garlic, parsley, and a bay leaf. 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. Remove meat from bones and return the meat to the pot.