Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Split Pea soup with ham

















Ingredients
1 bag dried split peas
8 c chicken broth
1 1/2 pounds ham bone or 1c minced ham
1 onion thinly sliced
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
tbsp minced garlic
3 stalks celery, chopped
3 carrots, chopped
1 potato, diced

Layer ingredients in slow cooker in the order given; pour in water. Do not stir ingredients. Cover and cook on HIGH 4 to 5 hours or on low 8 to 10 hours until peas are very soft and ham falls off bone. Remove bones and bay leaf. put half of soup in blender to thicken 1 cup at a time and then add back to unblended half.

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