Dinner

Split Pea Soup with bacon is for Dinner.

Split Pea Soup with bacon takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Split Pea Soup with bacon takes 120 minutes to cook.

Split Pea Soup with bacon makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Split Pea Soup with bacon are:

1 bag of dried split peas
1 chopped onion
1 garlic clove or more if you like more garlic, use 2-3 cloves of garlic
8 cups fat-free chicken stock
2 tsp of olive oil
4 carrots - chopped
2 stalks celery, chopped
Salt and Pepper, to taste
1/3 pound bacon, cooked and drained

Here is how you make Split Pea Soup with bacon:

Wash peas and drain them. In a large stock pot, saute onions, celery and garlic in about 2 tsp of oil, making sure not to burn the garlic.Add peas, carrots, bacon and your chicken stock, then cover the pot and let it come to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste.Once it boils, reduce heat and simmer for about two hours (peas should be very soft by then). You may need to add a little more chicken stock if it becomes too thick. Divide among six bowls.Serve with toast (extra points)makes 6 servings, 4 Weight Watcher's Points eachNumber of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user SOUPSEEDS.

The nutritional information for Split Pea Soup with bacon is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 200.7

• Total Fat: 5.4 g
• Cholesterol: 5.9 mg
• Sodium: 904.3 mg
• Total Carbs: 25.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 8.5 g
• Protein: 13.8 g