Split Pea Soup

Split Pea Soup is hearty soup filled with protein, veggies, and carbs perfect for sustaining you during cold weather. Enjoy this classic, family soup recipe which is a meal in and of itself!

This ranks right up there with my French Onion Soup recipe!

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Split Pea Soup

Hi Everyone, looking for a hearty, classic soup to get you through this Winter? This Split Pea Soup is packed with protein, lots of veggies and carbs making it a veritable meal in a bowl and so satisfying.

Split Pea Soup is one of those recipes that you grow up with (or at least I did!) and happily remember having. Split Pea Soup was one of the standard recipes that my dad would make on the weekend or at the beginning of the week and it had this way of just lasting and lasting throughout the week. As the soup sets, it thickens and you have to add water or broth to the soup to get it back to the original consistency, thus making the soup last a long time!

This soup is loaded with veggies: it has 2 onions, 3 celery stalks, 3 carrots, plus the peas of course! Well, technically the peas are the seed and considered a legume:) There is lots of dietary fiber in the peas as well.

Ingredients for Split Pea Soup

• 1 bag (1 pound) dried green split peas (they do not need to be pre-soaked)
• 2 quarts water, plus 2-4 cups (if you need to thin out the broth)
• 1 1/2 pounds diced ham (I use the butt portion versus the shank side of a ham bone because it’s leaner)
• 2 (8 ounces) medium onions, thinly sliced
• 2 dried whole bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, plus more for serving
• 1/8 teaspoon marjoram, optional
• 3 celery stalks, chopped
• 3 carrots (about 13 ounces), ends removed, peeled and chopped
• 1 (about 9 ounces) medium potato, diced
• salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste, if needed (there may be enough salt from the ham to flavor the soup)

Helpful Kitchen Tools for Split Pea Soup

• ladle
• large soup pot or Dutch oven
• measuring spoons and cups
• cutting board
• chef’s knife
• pepper grinder

This soup is so easy to make and with a little simmer time, you can have a hearty, filling and satisfying soup for you and your family. I also love this soup because it’s inexpensive to make and you can make it with leftover ham, like, after a holiday.

This recipe is inspired by my dad’s split pea soup growing up which he would make often around this time of year; there’s nothing like pea soup on a cold Winter day!

If you try this Split Pea Soup recipe, let us know in the comments below!

More of our favorite soup recipes:

• Ham and Bean Soup
• Cream of Asparagus Soup
• Healthy Vegetable Soup
• Crockpot Creamy Cauliflower Soup
• Italian Sausage Tomato Orzo Soup
• Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Soup