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Smoky Split Pea Soup takes several minutes to prepare.

Smoky Split Pea Soup takes several minutes to cook.

Smoky Split Pea Soup makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Smoky Split Pea Soup are:

2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
2 tbsp curry powder
1 pounds smoked pork hocks
2 teaspoons dried leaf marjoram
1 1/2 cups green split peas
4 cups water
4 cups chicken stock

Here is how you make Smoky Split Pea Soup:

Melt butter in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat until the butter turns a very dark brown (almost to the point of burning.) Add onion, celery, carrots & curry. Saut? until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes. Add pork and marjoram; stir 1 minute. Add peas, then water, and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Partially cover pot; simmer soup until pork and vegetables are tender peas are falling apart, stirring often, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.Transfer hocks to bowl. Puree 5 cups soup in batches in blender. Return to pot. Cut pork off bones. Dice pork; return pork to soup. Number of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user WINESWIRL.

The nutritional information for Smoky Split Pea Soup is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 247.3

• Total Fat: 14.0 g
• Cholesterol: 9.1 mg
• Sodium: 158.6 mg
• Total Carbs: 16.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3.5 g
• Protein: 14.9 g