How to Make Tasty Split pea soup with ham

Split pea soup with ham.

You can have Split pea soup with ham using 10 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Split pea soup with ham

1. It's of dry split peas.
2. You need of chopped onion.
3. You need of chopped celery stalks.
4. It's of minced garlic cloves.
5. You need of chopped carrots.
6. It's of water or chicken broth.
7. Prepare of ham bone , trimming the fat the best you can.
8. You need of oregano.
9. Prepare of thyme.
10. It's of salt/ pepper to taste.

Split pea soup with ham instructions

1. In a big dutch oven or a heavy pot, put the ham, the split peas, water or the chicken broth, onion and garlic..
2. Bring to boil and then, lower to medium heat. Remove the foam and continue to cook for 1 hour, mixing often because split peas tend to stick in the bottom..
3. Add the remaining ingredients and lower the heat to simmer up to 40 more minutes, mixing often.add more liquid if you want.
4. At this point, the split peas must be like pureè. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve with herbed or garlic croutons.ENJOY!.