My comfort food on a cold, rainy night has always been Split Pea Soup. I’m not certain whether it’s the combination of flavors of peas and ham, or how EASY it is to prepare. With only FIVE ingredients, this recipe goes together so quickly and tastes as if you had been cooking all day! Along with the green split peas and water, the only other ingredients are carrots, Lawry’s Seasoned Salt and ham–and only add the ham if you want the non-veg version.
| Prep Time | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time | 1 hour |
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- 2 cups dried green split peas 1 lb.
- 7 cups water
- 3 each carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 tsp. Lawry's Seasoned Salt or more to taste
- 1-2 cups ham cubed
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- Sort through dried peas and rinse well to clean.
- Put peas in pot and add water and Lawry's Seasoned Salt; cook for about 45 minutes. Skim foam off top as it accumulates.
- Add carrots and cook for another 15-20 minutes until peas and carrots are tender. If you like carrots a tiny bit crunchy, add them more toward the end.
- The soup will be ready to eat at this point if you would like vegetarian soup. If you would like ham, add the ham cubes and cook for another 5 minutes.
I always double or triple a soup recipe so I have plenty left over that I can freeze in 1-pin or 1-quart containers.
The photos from this recipe shows a double batch--half of which I left as vegetarian and half of which I added 2 cups of ham.
The Lawry's Seasoned Salt includes onion, garlic, paprika and turmeric, among other ingredients. This blend seems to make the perfect seasoning for Split Pea Soup--hope you enjoy this EASY recipe!
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