Golden Split Pea Soup
Golden Split Pea Soup

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Golden Split Pea Soup is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Golden Split Pea Soup is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Here's a lovely golden soup that's very thick and satisfying. Green split peas can be substituted for the yellow, if you prefer, but may need a slightly longer cooking time. A dollop of plain yogurt or sour cream for a garnish provides a tangy contrast to the earthy soup.

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

A wonderful, simple soup, which can easily be made vegetarian by substituting vegetable broth for the chicken broth. I like to garnish with a dollop of creme fraiche and a sprinkle of chopped chives or parsley. Beer is an excellent accompaniment to this soup. This is the best split pea soup recipe!

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.

I've made it three times, and am making it again right now with the ham bone left over from Easter dinner. I don't soak the peas overnight (like my mom used to do), and it still turns out perfect every time. I also will substitute some of the water with chicken broth to give it a little more flavor. Add split peas, chicken stock, thyme, bay leaves, and seared ham hock to the pot and bring to a boil. Split pea soup has been a favorite winter warm-up for thousands of years.

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