Easiest Way to Prepare Perfect Split Pea Ham Soup

Split Pea Ham Soup.

You can cook Split Pea Ham Soup using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Split Pea Ham Soup

1. Prepare of In Dutch Oven.
2. Prepare of olive oil.
3. Prepare of butter.
4. It's of chopped onion.
5. It's of chopped celery.
6. Prepare of chopped carrots.
7. Prepare of chopped garlic.
8. You need of dried green split peas (rinsed and sorted through to insure no little rocks are going in your soup).
9. You need of Vegeta (seasoned vegetable salt).
10. Prepare of chicken broth.
11. Prepare of dried bayleaf.
12. You need of smoked kielbasa, cut into large chunks. so its easy to remove before blending soup. Slice up after cooking.

Split Pea Ham Soup instructions

1. Sautee butter, oil, celery, carrot, onion and garlic over medium heat, until onions are translucent..
2. Add chicken broth, green split peas, bayleaf and vegeta.
3. Add smoked kielbasa.
4. Bring up to boil, then reduce to a low simmer. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours, covered, stirring occasionally (or until peas are somewhat falling apart and tender).
5. NOW I like my soup a little chunky, but some like it completely blended. I just use my immersion (stick) blender and pulse it a few times, until I reach a desired consistency. You can use a blender too, if you would like. REMOVE BAYLEAF AND MEAT BEFORE BLENDING.
6. Slice up kielbasa. Add back to soup. Enjoy!.
7. You can substitute smoked ham hock, cubed ham steak, reg sausage...whatever you choose..