Best 4 Easy Split Pea Soup Recipes

EASY SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add onion, celery and carrots. Sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Add pork and marjoram; stir 1 minute. Add peas, then water, and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Partially cover pot; simmer soup until pork and vegetables are tender peas are falling apart, stirring often, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Transfer hocks to bowl. Puree 5 cups soup in batches in blender. Return to pot. Cut pork off bones. Dice pork; return pork to soup. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate until cold, then cover. Rewarm before serving.)

EASY SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a slow cooker, layer the first nine ingredients in order listed (do not stir).
• Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours or until vegetables are tender. Stir in milk.
• Discard bay leaves before serving.

SPLIT PEA SOUP, VEGETARIAN, EASY

Steps:

• Rinse and pick through peas to remove any unpleasant bits.
• Bring 2 cans vegetable broth to boil in large saucepan.
• Meanwhile, sauté onion in butter until just translucent, not soft.
• Add split peas and cooked onion to broth. Cook about 1 hour till peas are very tender, adding more vegetable broth as needed. You do not want too much broth.
• In a separate pan, cook carrots in water till tender. Chop into fine pieces.
• When split pea mixture is soft, purée in a blender or food processor till it is creamy and smooth.
• Return to pan and add finely chopped carrots.
• Heat through and serve. Soup should be very thick and creamy.

EASY CROCK POT SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Adjust amounts of veggies and ham to suit your taste.
• 2. Mix all ingredients in a medium/small crock pot.
• 3. Cook 4 hours high or 8-10 hours low. Makes two LARGE serving or four small servings