Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Favorite Golden Split Pea Soup

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Golden Split Pea Soup is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Golden Split Pea Soup is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

Add the split peas, water, sweet potatoes, apples, cinnamon, and chili powder, cover and bring to a boil. When the split peas are tender, add the tomato mixture. Puree the soup in a blender (in batches) or with a stick blender, adding more water if needed. This is a hearty split pea soup has a flavorful ham bone cooked with carrots, potatoes, onions, and a pinch of marjoram.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have golden split pea soup using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Golden Split Pea Soup:

1. Take 2 1/2 cups split peas
2. Get Water to cover peas after rinsing
3. Get 1/2 lb Bacon (about 6 slices)
4. Make ready 4 carrots sliced
5. Get 1/2 white onion diced
6. Get 3 large ribs celery sliced
7. Get 1 large ham shank or multiple smaller ones which I used here
8. Prepare Fresh ground black pepper
9. Prepare 1 tsp dried thyme
10. Make ready 3 garlic cloves sliced
11. Prepare 2 cups chicken broth

Bring the broth and split peas to a boil in a large pot over med-high heat. Adding raisins, leeks and cumin to this slow-cooked split pea soup gives it a deliciously different, Persian-inspired flavor. You can use lamb instead of beef for a more traditional dish, but we preferred it with beef because it added richness while still allowing the flavors to meld together. Homemade Split Pea Soup, just like mom made growing up!

Instructions to make Golden Split Pea Soup:

1. Chop and fry bacon until crispy, pour off most bacon fat
2. Deglaze pan using chicken stock
3. Add all chopped veggies herbs and pepper, cook until aromatic
4. Add peas, water and chicken broth, stir.
5. Add ham shank and bring everything to a boil and skim off the foam
6. Cover and cook on low at least 3-4 hours until meat falls off the bone removing bones and skin from shank out of soup and the peas are tender. Do not add additional salt during cooking, the bacon and ham shanks with the broth have plenty, just season with black pepper to taste.
7. You can adjust thickness of soup by adding water during the cooking process and adjust seasonings to taste, if you want to add more salt I would add it to your bowl instead of the pot, so it's not too salty.

You can use lamb instead of beef for a more traditional dish, but we preferred it with beef because it added richness while still allowing the flavors to meld together. Homemade Split Pea Soup, just like mom made growing up! This hearty, protein packed, comforting soup is made with tender split peas, flavorful ham and fresh vegetables. It's easy to make and perfect for the cold weather. Dried split peas are cooked with ham hocks, onions, garlic, and leeks.

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