Bacon & Green Pea Soup
Source of Recipe
Linda Geise
Recipe Introduction
Smooth pea soup that is great for lunch on cool days.
List of Ingredients
Bacon & Green Pea Soup from Linda Geise
2 cups split pea
10 cups of water
1 medium yellow onion
4 beef bouillon cubes
1 large smoked ham hock
or 6 pieces of smoked bacon, crisp and crumbled into soup.
Recipe
Wash and sort 2 cups of dried split peas.
Add 10 cups of water to pot, bring to boil, add peas bring to hard boil, 10 minutes, stir often, turn down to med-low.
Add 4 beef bouillon cubes, and chopped yellow onion, and the smoked ham hock,(if using bacon hold back, until last 5 minutes of boil) boil for 20 minutes, or until peas are blended into soft soup.
Add the bacon last 5 minutes of boil, crumble in and add cheese if you like for the added flavor.
Makes 8 small soup dishes or five medium bowls.
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