Pea: Quick Split Pea Soup
Source of Recipe
justmecookin
List of Ingredients
1/2 pound Virginia ham in one piece
1 medium-size onion
salad oil
1 large potato
3 cups frozen peas
1 can chicken broth
1/2 cup half-and-halfRecipe
Cut ham into 1/2-inch cubes. Chop onion. In 4-quart saucepan over medium-high heat, in 1 tablespoon hot salad oil, cook ham until golden, remove to plate. In drippings in saucepan plus 1 more tablespoon hot salad oil, cook onion until golden. Meanwhile, peel potato and cut into 1-inch chunks.
Add potato chunks, frozen peas, chicken broth, and 3 1/4 cups water to saucepan, over high heat, heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer 10 minutes or until potato chunks are fork-tender. Remove saucepan from heat.
Spoon one-fourth of soup mixture into blender, cover (with center part of cover removed) and blend at low speed until smooth. Pour purÈed soup into large bowl. Repeat 3 more times with remaining soup.
Return pureed soup to saucepan. Add ham and half-and-half. Over medium heat, heat through, stirring often
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