Split Pea Soup - Tried and True

2 pounds split green peas

1 pound bacon

1 large onion

12 carrots

1 bundle of garlic

12 cups cold water

1 ham-hock (OPTIONAL)

3 teaspoons Kosher salt

1 teaspoon coarse black pepper

Before you start cooking:
take your 2 pounds of split green peas and soak in filtered water.

In the large pot you are going to use for your Split Pea Soup, brown: 

1 pound of bacon; cut into 1 inch pieces before browning.

Set aside your brown and crispy bacon for when your soup is done cooking.

In the pot, leave the bacon grease and add:
1 large (2 medium/small) onion, diced

When onion is translucent and starting to caramelize, add:

10-12 carrots (2 pounds), peeled and sliced

1 bundle of garlic, minced

Add to everthing you’ve cooked in a soup pot:
12 cups cold water

2 pounds split green peas - rinsed

Optional:  Add a ham-hock bone for the remaining cooking time.

Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and let simmer for 1 hour.

Stir consistently - you DO NOT want to scorch the bottom of your lovely soup.

Add water WHEN and IF necessary; IE: the cooking water is gone and your split peas are still looking crunchy...

Add 3 teaspoons Kosher salt and 1 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper.

Simmer for an hour - (ADD 1 cup of water... if necessary.  See note above about adding water!)

Simmer for one more hour and TASTE - ADD Kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper to taste.

Stir in your browned bacon into the soup.

Serve with cornbread or or toasted natural yeast bread.

Before you start cooking:
take your 2 pounds of split green peas and soak in filtered water.

When onion is translucent and starting to caramelize, add:

10-12 carrots (2 pounds), peeled and sliced

1 bundle of garlic, minced

Add to everthing you’ve cooked in a soup pot:

12 cups cold water

2 pounds split green peas - rinsed

Optional:  Add a ham-hock bone for the remaining cooking time.

Simmer for an hour - 

(ADD 1 cup of water... if necessary.  

See note above about adding water!)

Simmer for one more hour and TASTE 

- ADD Kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper to taste.

Stir in your browned bacon into the soup.

Dear Blake Brown:
In your defense - coarse black pepper and chia seed look nearly identical.
  
Dear Everyone else:
Make sure you are adding coarse black pepper - and NOT chia seed.

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