Split Pea Soup

This soup is fabulous.....so easy and so tasty.....I can hardly stop eating it! Thanks!

My son and husband love this recipe.

Delicious was the buzz word at dinner! I chose this recipe because it was easy and had a few ingredients. This was the perfect, thick split pea soup! I used a ham steak in place of the bone, and halved the onion and celery instead of dicing for a smoother soup. After reading the reviews about watery-ness, I used 4 cups peas. That was perfect. Also, I only needed to cook for 2 hours, and added a couple spoonfuls of chicken and beef base. Thanks for sharing!

Wonderful recipe though I modified it slightly to suit my tastes. Use chicken broth rather than plain water. Added 1 1/4 cups of Yukon Gold potatoes, and because I like soups and stews with a slight heat I added 1 fresh jalapeno (diced) with seeds, 3 additional gloves of garlic, 1/8 tsp black pepper, and 1/8 tsp. of ginger. Fed it to friends. Rave reviews. Thank you Dancer for the inspiration.

I didn't have leftover ham so I used a ham base added to the boiling water. I only used 3 quarts of water. I added some ham near the end of the cooking; I had some ham slices that I chopped up.