Chef Jon's Split Pea And Ham Bone Soup

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 cups water
• 1 large ham bone
• 20 ounces dried split peas
• 2 large carrots, peeled and diced small
• 2 medium onions, chopped small
• 3 large celery ribs, include leaves, chop small
• 2 large bay leaves
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packets goya ham seasoning
• 2 (1/4 ounce) packets goya sazon seasoning
• 2 teaspoons beef base
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black peppercorns, crushed
• 1 pinch dried thyme

Recipe

• 1 rinse peas well in cold water and add to a large cooking pot.
• 2 measure 12 cups of water and add to cooking pot.
• 3 bring to boil, remove from heat, cover and let sit for 1 hour.
• 4 return to stove and bring back to boil.
• 5 add ham bone, carrots, onions, celery, bay leafs, beef base, goya ham and goya sazon seasoning, salt, peppercorns and dried thyme.
• 6 reduce heat to simmer, cover and cook for about 1 to 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• 7 remove ham bone and cut off any remaining ham, cut into bite size pieces.
• 8 use an immersion blender to puree the soup.
• 9 add ham back to soup.
• 10 discard ham bone.
• 11 if there are big pieces of ham in the soup, remove, cut into bite size pieces and return to soup.
• 12 remove bay leaf and discard.
• 13 adjust seasonings to taste.
• 14 if soup is too thick, add more water to your desired consistency.