Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup with Ham
Slow cooker split pea soup with ham is so easy to make and a healthy slow cooker recipe you can make year round!
Servings: 8
Equipment
- 1 slow cooker
Ingredients
- 16 oz split peas dry
- 7 cups vegetable broth or water, more if you want to thin it out
- 2 carrots diced
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 1/3 onion diced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2-3 c ham bite size-diced, or 1 ham hock
Instructions
- Add dried peas and broth to slow cooker.
- Cut veggies into med. sized sliced pieces and add to crockpot. Dice onion and add that as well as your salt too. (can salt at the end if you'd rather)
- Put your ham hock in the middle (if you're using one), or sprinkle your diced ham pcs. into your pot.
- Cover and let cook on low for about 8 hrs or until your peas are as soft as you'd like them. If using ham hock remove before eating and cut off meat, return to pot and stir into soup.
- Add more broth to thin out if desired - will thicken as it sits as well as become thicker the next day if you have leftovers
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Nutrition
Serving: 6oz | Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 453mg | Potassium: 737mg | Fiber: 15g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 2675IU | Vitamin C: 2.6mg | Calcium: 49mg | Iron: 2.9mg