Curried Split Pea Soup
(from moiramitch’s recipe box)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 600 minutes
Serves 5 people
Categories: Soup
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups dry green split peas
- 1 small meaty ham bone or 2 smoked pork hocks
- 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
- 1 cup coarsely chopped celery
- 1 cup coarsely chopped carrot
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon snipped fresh marjoram or thyme or 1 teaspoon dried marjoram or thyme, crushed
- 1 bay leaf
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup half-and-half or light cream
- Salt
- Pepper
- Return meat to crockery cooker. Stir in half-and-half or light cream and, if using, the fresh marjoram or thyme. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Directions
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Directions
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Rinse split peas; drain. Place drained peas in a 3 1/2-, 4-, or 5-quart crockery cooker. Add the ham bone or pork hocks, onion, celery, carrot, curry powder, dried marjoram or thyme (if using), and bay leaf. Pour chicken broth over all.
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Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 10 to 12 hours or on high-heat setting for 4 to 5 hours. Remove ham bone or pork hocks. When cool enough to handle, cut meat off bones; finely chop meat. Discard the bones and bay leaf.