Scooter’s Split Pea Soup

by | May 4, 2021 | Recipes, Soup, Uncategorized

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 1.45 mins

Total: 2 hrs

Servings: 8

Ingredients:

  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil 
  • 1 ½ colored peppers (red, green, yellow and orange) diced
  • ⅓ red onion, diced
  • ¾ cup of carrots, diced
  • 2 cups dry split peas, rinsed and cleaned
  • 6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
  • 8 cups chicken stock 
  • 1 cup diced ham (nitrate free) 
  • ground black pepper and Tony’s Charere’s seasoning to taste

Directions:

  • Step 1

Melt butter and oil in a Dutch oven over medium-low heat. Add onion, garlic, carrot, colored peppers, ham and salt. Cook and stir until tender, about 5 minutes.  Add 8 cups of chicken stock and stir in split peas.  Mix and bring soup to a boil.

  • Step 2

Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer and stir every 20 minutes, until peas are mostly disintegrated, about 1 1/2 hours. Season with salt and pepper.

Recipe Notes

ACTUAL NUTRITIONAL CONTENT PER SERVING: 329 calories, 21.7g protein, 44g carb, 13g fiber, 31g net carb, 6g sugar, 17g fat, 2g sat fat, 719mg sodium

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