Crock pot/Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup | Parsnip and Parsimony Staple
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Cuisine: Soup
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Serves: 8-12
 
Total comfort food, this recipe is a snap to throw together and it tastes so comforting when you sit down to eat a bowl. Enjoy!
Ingredients
  • 1 pound dried split peas
  • 8 cups water (or 4 cups chicken broth/4 cups water)
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 pound carrots
  • 2-3 stalks celery
  • 1 ham bone
  • 1 large onion
Instructions
  1. Place ham bone in crock pot with water
  2. Look over split peas for small stones or debris; rinse
  3. Add peas, pepper and bay leaf to crock pot
  4. Peel carrots and cut into ¼" rounds
  5. Chop celery and onion
  6. Add carrots, celery and onion to crock pot
  7. Cook on high for 5-6+ hours or low 8-10 hours
  8. A half hour prior to serving, remove ham bone. Remove meat and cut. Add meat back to crock pot and serve piping hot
  9. Enjoy!
Recipe by Parsnips and Parsimony at https://www.parsnipsandparsimony.com/crock-potslow-cooker-split-pea-soup-parsnip-and-parsimony-staple/