Looking for Easy Family Dinner Ideas? We have this thing. Every time we make a ham we always be sure to save the hock & use our food saver to freeze it. Then when we are ready we thaw it for a day & then make Split Pea soup in the slow cooker. It’s so easy & a great way to be sure we are not wasting any food. Since we already had the ham for another meal & most of the ingredients we keep on hand at all times, the only thing it really costs us is the bag of split peas which is less than $1. It’s great because we eat this for a couple days, then we bust out the food saver again & freeze the rest. It works out great because the frozen amount is just perfect for when we want to do soup & sandwiches for a quick & easy dinner. So really- we are able to stretch a $15 ham into at least 6 meals for our family of 5 when you count the initial meal, a dinner of leftovers & the random ham sandwich along with the soup for 2 days & then the leftovers. Not too bad. Like I mentioned before- this year I will be all about how I can stretch my dollar at the store & learning to get more creative with our meals. This is a great way to do that.
Slow-Cooker Split Pea Soup
Ingredients
- Ham Chunks or ham hock with remaining ham
- 1 bag dried split peas
- 1 stick butter
- Seasonings to taste salt, pepper, garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 tbsp minced onion flakes
- 1 cup water
- 32 oz chicken stock
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in your slow-cooker on high heat & let sit for 5-6 hours.
- Stir occasionally.
- About an hour before it's ready- remove ham bone & make sure the ham pieces are bite size. Pulling apart any chunks that are too large.
- It's ready when peas are tender & soup is thick.
- Serve with oyster crackers if desired.
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Kim Reardon Cunningham says
Yum! I never liked this soup until my Mother in Law made it like this. I only had it from a can as a kid. I love this soup now, and we save the ham bone to make it too! I haven’t tried a crock pot recipe, which sounds way easier than MILs way. Going to try this. Look so good, and would be perfect after a day in the snow or cold…if we ever had any.
mgatwood says
This is one of my favorite soups. My husband loves to remind me of when we were first married and I made split pea soup. He likes to tell people that we could have made snowmen out of it, because it was so thick! I think I’ve gotten better over the years!
Tiaras & Tantrums says
you are lucky you do not have picky eaters! My kids would NEVER eat that! They won’t even eat ham unless it is in scalloped potatoes – and my son won’t even it it then. I happen to love this soup – my hubbie – not so much!
Barb says
Mmmmm, yummy! I could use some of that right now!
Tamar Strauss-Benjamin says
I make my split pea soup in my crock pot too! Just minus the ham hock (-: I also throw in a diced up yam and carrots which disappear when I puree it all up!
Serendipity is Sweet says
What a great winter meal! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
HOLLY says
Just what I needed for dinner tonight… thanks for the recipe
Jaymi McClusky says
yum, I love split pea soup! I’ll have to try this!
Linda R says
Oh my goodness does this look yummy.. I love to make ham hock and beans and I am definitely going to tried this recipe..
Hugs~
Jaime from Crafty Scrappy Happy says
Okay, i have been crazy craving and eating split pea soup from a can for the last few weeks… this really really makes me want to make some homemade! Thank you SO much for sharing at the Inspiration Gallery Link Party! I am pinning to our Feature Board!!
Jaime
Heidi says
I keep putting the ham hock in the freezer and then forgetting about it! I have one in the freezer right now. I can’t wait to try this. I already boiled the ham hock, and stored it with the broth. Does that mean it’s too late to put it in the crock pot? Should I do it on the stove instead? I’m so glad you linked this up at One Creative Weekend! I love it! Hope your weekend is fantastic. (Pinning.)
Gina Kleinworth says
Hi Heidi. I think you could probably just put the broth & the meat in the pot with the other ingredients. I suppose you could do it on the stove but I think you would then need to put the peas in the blender because they won’t break down as much with the shorter cook time. I would try it in the crock pot with the broth & peas & then add the hock/meat later in the cooking process. Please let me know how you like it. 🙂
Leigh Anne @Yourhomebasedmom says
Love making soup in my crockpot. This one looks delicious!
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tanya says
Wow! I love an economical soup! Split pea is one of my favs too! Thanks for sharing at One Creative Weekend!