Easy And Delicious Split Pea Soup

Here's a great recipe for split pea soup. You'll never eat from a can again! Hope you enjoy. Split Pea Soup 7 1/2 cups chicken stock (I actually ended up adding 1 more cup of stock about half way through cooking.) 3 cups of dried split peas, sorted through then rinsed 1 1/2 onions, chopped 3 bay leaves 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil salt & pepper to taste 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke salt pork, ham hocks,or ham-- whatever you might have. Saute onions and garlic in olive oil over medium heat. Add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt to start. You can always add more! Do not brown onions -- just saute until clear. Add the chicken stock, peas, bay leaves, pepper, and prok of your choosing. Stir and top pot with lid. Simmer about 1 hour. Check in on it about 1/2 hour in to see if you need anymore liquid and to stir. Once the peas are soft and broken down remove the bay leaves, and ham hocks. Pull the meat off the ham hock and make into bite size pieces. You can add sliced/chopped carrots at this time or celery. Simmer another 20 minutes to 30 minutes to complete the soup. Serve! #splitpeasoup #soup #jill4today