Split Pea Soup

Warm your insides up with this easy and fulfilling split pea soup!

Ingredients

• 2 1/4cups dried split peas, (1 pound), sorted and rinsed

• 8cups water

• 1large onion, chopped (1 cup)

• 2medium celery stalks, finely chopped (1 cup)

• 1/4teaspoon pepper

• 1ham bone or 2 pounds shanks

• 3medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch slices (1 1/2 cups)

Steps Prevent your screen from going dark while you cook.

• 1 -Heat peas and water to boiling in 4-quart Dutch oven. Boil uncovered 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.

• 2-Stir in onion, celery and pepper. Add ham bone. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 hour 30 minutes or until peas are tender.

• 3- Remove ham bone; remove ham from bone. Trim excess fat from ham; cut ham into 1/2-inch pieces.

• 4- Stir ham and carrots into soup. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until carrots are tender and soup is desired consistency.