Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Name: Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
Ingredients: 16 ounces, weight Dried Split Peas; 3 whole Carrots, Diced; 1 whole Yellow Onion, Diced; 1 whole Shallot, Diced; 2 whole Stalks Celery, Diced; 3 cloves Garlic, Minced; 1 teaspoon Dried Thyme; 1/2 teaspoons Ground Black Pepper; 1 whole Bay Leaf; 6 cups Low Sodium Chicken Stock; 1- 1/2 pound Ham Bone, Meaty

11 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

16 ounces, weight Dried Split Peas
3 whole Carrots, Diced
1 whole Yellow Onion, Diced
1 whole Shallot, Diced
2 whole Stalks Celery, Diced
3 cloves Garlic, Minced
1 teaspoon Dried Thyme
1/2 teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
1 whole Bay Leaf
6 cups Low Sodium Chicken Stock
1- 1/2 pound Ham Bone, Meaty

Directions

1

In the bowl of a slow cooker, combine split peas, carrots, yellow onion, shallot, celery, garlic, thyme, pepper, bay leaf, and chicken stock.
2

Mix well.
3

Add ham bone on top and nestle into the contents of the slow cooker.
4

Cover and cook on low for 56 hours, or until ham is tender and easily pulls off the bone.
5

Remove the ham and shred into bite-size pieces using two forks, then return the ham meat to the slow cooker, and discard the bone.
6

Remove the bay leaf and serve.