Split Pea Soup
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This slow cooker split pea soup is so delicious! It’s an easy, healthy Crock Pot recipe for a busy night.
Split pea soup is a delicious recipe to make when you have leftover ham. It’s a great combination of flavors, and it’s full of healthy ingredients.
I like to use my slow cooker on a busy day to make this flavorful split pea soup. I cook the vegetables in a skillet first for the best flavor. But if you’re in a hurry, you can skip this step and just dump everything in the slow cooker.
If you don’t have a slow cooker, this recipe can also be made on the stove by simmering all the ingredients on low for an hour. You can add more leftover ham if you have it, and adjust the seasonings to taste. I recommend pureeing this soup for the best texture.
Try this Crock Pot taco soup and Instant Pot vegetable soup for other easy, healthy meals that everyone will enjoy. And check out these other frugal healthy soup recipes for more meal planning ideas.
Split Pea Soup
Recommended Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 celery stalks chopped
- 2 carrots chopped
- 3/4 pound ham chopped into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 cups water
- 4 cups broth
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 lb dried split peas rinsed just before adding them to the crock pot
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet. Cook the onions, celery, and carrots until just tender. Add the ham and cook for another minute.
- Transfer the vegetables and ham to a slow cooker. Add the remaining ingredients to the crock pot and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours, or on low for 6 to 8 hours. The soup is done when the split peas are very tender.
- Remove the bay leaf and puree the soup with an immersion blender, leaving some chunks of ham and carrots. This recipe yields 12 cups of soup.
Approximate Nutrition Info
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Split Pea Soup Price Breakdown
This recipe costs a total of $7.16 to make, or $.90 per serving. Try this delicious recipe for an easy, family-friendly dinner.
Oh, I love split pea soup! It’s such comfort food for me! (MMM and with garlicy croutons? Yum!) Glad we got to party together, woooo.
Thanks for visiting! That’s a great idea about the croutons – I’ll have to try that.
Thanks for linking this up with me yesterday! It was fun!
Nothing like a good pea soup.
This looks so tasty!!!
We are not huge soup eaters here. So many times I have to take a pass on awesome looking soups and chili’s because it’s just too hot to enjoy a steaming bowl of *anything* but we both love Split Pea Soup and I’ve never added Smoked Paprika, a favorite spice around here, which makes this sound really appealing considering all the leftover ham we have. I’m filing this one away in my memory bank because in the coming weeks we are going Lean and Mean and hitting our food storage hard thanks to some super-expensive expenses we had to invest in our Non Producing Garden. 🙁
I kept the amount of smoked paprika light because of the kids, but you should pour it on more generously! It goes really well with the split peas.