How To Make Split Pea and Ham Soup
The combination of peas, carrots, and leftover ham in this ham soup makes for a delicious low-cost meal best served with some crusty bread on the side.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1lbham bone,leftover, with meat attached
- 1cuponions,chopped
- 2garlic cloves,minced
- 2tspfreshly ground black pepper
- 1lbdried split peas
- 1cupcarrots,chopped
Instructions
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Place the ham bone in a large pot over high heat. Add the water to cover, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and let simmer overnight.
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Allow to cool and clean the stock, discarding the bone, excess fat, and any cartilage. Return any good ham meat to the pot and bring back to a boil.
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Add the onion, garlic and ground black pepper and allow to simmer for 1 hour.
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Pour in the split peas and the carrots and allow to simmer for at least 1 more hour to allow the peas to break down. Stir together well and season to taste.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 316.75kcal
- Fat: 6.32g
- Saturated Fat: 1.92g
- Trans Fat: 0.04g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 2.57g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.08g
- Carbohydrates: 40.32g
- Fiber: 15.39g
- Sugar: 6.15g
- Protein: 26.23g
- Cholesterol: 34.59mg
- Sodium: 482.73mg
- Calcium: 37.92mg
- Potassium: 747.49mg
- Iron: 3.41mg
- Vitamin A: 132.60µg
- Vitamin C: 3.63mg
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