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Split Pea Soup with Hamhock is for Soup.

Split Pea Soup with Hamhock takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Split Pea Soup with Hamhock takes 60 minutes to cook.

Split Pea Soup with Hamhock makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Split Pea Soup with Hamhock are:

Olive Oil, 2 tsp
Onions, raw, 110 g -- half big onion
Carrots, raw, 90 g -- 1 big carrot
Celery, raw, 70 g -- 1 big celery stalk
1 smoked hamhock
2 cups Chicken Broth (low sodium would be best)
2 cups Water
1.25 cups Dried Split Peas

Here is how you make Split Pea Soup with Hamhock:

Saute the onions, carrots, and celery in the olive oil over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes in a pot big enough to hold all indredients. Add 1 hamhock, chicken broth, water, and split peas. Cook for about 45 minutes. Take hamhock out. Puree (or skip this) some or all of the soup with an immersion blender or a regular blender. Add water to thin to the consistency you like (pureeing it makes it thicker). Pull meat from hamhock, separating out the fat. Chop into small bits and add back to pot. Season with freshly ground pepper before serving (and some cayenne if you like it a little spicy).Number of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user DIET-DELIGHT.

The nutritional information for Split Pea Soup with Hamhock is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 291.3

• Total Fat: 4.2 g
• Cholesterol: 7.3 mg
• Sodium: 514.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 44.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 17.9 g
• Protein: 19.8 g