Easy Split Pea Soup

Name: Easy Split Pea Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps (1/4 stick) butter; 237 milliliters chopped peeled carrots; 237 milliliters chopped celery; 2 teaspoons dried leaf marjoram; 355 milliliters green split peas; 1 large onion, chopped; 680 grams smoked pork hocks; 2 liters water

Easy Split Pea Soup is a gluten free and primal recipe with 6 servings. One portion of this dish contains about 27g of protein, 24g of fat, and a total of 368 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. It works well as a very affordable main course. Head to the store and pick up butter, onion, marjoram, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the water you could follow this main course with the Watermelon-Peach Slushies as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Melt butter in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Add onion, celery and carrots. Sauté until vegetables begin to soften, about 8 minutes.

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Carrot

Celery

Onion

Add pork and marjoram; stir 1 minute.

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Marjoram

Pork

Add peas, then water, and bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Partially cover pot; simmer soup until pork and vegetables are tender peas are falling apart, stirring often, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.

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Water

Peas

Pork

Soup

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Pot

Transfer hocks to bowl. Puree 5 cups soup in batches in blender. Return to pot.

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Soup

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Cut pork off bones. Dice pork; return pork to soup. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate until cold, then cover. Rewarm before serving.)

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Salt And Pepper