Popeye Split Pea Soup Recipes

PARKER'S SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a 4-quart stockpot on medium heat, saute the onions and garlic with the olive oil, oregano, salt, and pepper until the onions are translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the carrots, potatoes, 1/2 pound of split peas, and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, then simmer uncovered for 40 minutes. Skim off the foam while cooking. Add the remaining split peas and continue to simmer for another 40 minutes, or until all the peas are soft. Stir frequently to keep the solids from burning on the bottom. Taste for salt and pepper. Serve hot.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot, cover peas with 2 quarts cold water and soak overnight. If you need a faster method, simmer the peas gently for 2 minutes, and then soak for l hour.
• Once peas are soaked, add ham bone, onion, salt, pepper and marjoram. Cover, bring to boil and then simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bone; cut off meat, dice and return meat to soup. Add celery, carrots and potatoes. Cook slowly, uncovered for 30 to 40 minutes, or until vegetables are tender.

ENGLISH PUB SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham bone in a 4-qt. slow cooker. Add peas, celery, carrot and onion. Combine water, beer and mustard; pour over vegetables. Cook, covered, on high 5-6 hours or until peas are tender., Remove ham bone from soup. Cool slightly, trim away fat and remove meat from bone; discard fat and bone. Cut meat into bite-sized pieces; return to slow cooker. Stir in remaining ingredients. If desired, top with additional minced parsley.

WINTERTIME FRENCH STYLE SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a heavy soup pot or Dutch oven; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir herbes de Provence, turmeric, bay leaves, and cayenne pepper into the vegetables; cook and stir until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Mix dried split peas, half the carrots, half the potatoes, vegetable stock, and water into vegetables and seasonings, bring to a bowl, and reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer until peas are nearly tender, about 35 minutes. Stir remaining half of carrots and potatoes and the ham into soup, cover, and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 25 more minutes.

CREAMY SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Using a slotted spoon, remove bacon to paper towels; drain, reserving drippings. Add onion and celery to drippings. Saute until vegetables are tender; drain. Add the peas, water, potatoes, ham, salt, bay leaf and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until peas are very tender, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaf., Cool slightly. Process in small batches in a blender until smooth. Return to Dutch oven; stir in cream. Heat through (do not boil). Garnish with reserved bacon.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat peas and water to boiling in 4-quart Dutch oven. Boil uncovered 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour.
• Stir in onion, celery and pepper. Add ham bone. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 1 hour 30 minutes or until peas are tender.
• Remove ham bone; remove ham from bone. Trim excess fat from ham; cut ham into 1/2-inch pieces.
• Stir ham and carrots into soup. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until carrots are tender and soup is desired consistency.

CURRY SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large soup pot over medium heat, heat the olive oil, and stir in the lemon juice, garlic, carrots, onions, and celery. Cook and stir until the carrots become soft enough to break apart with a fork, about 20 minutes. Transfer the vegetables and their juices into a bowl, and refrigerate. Once slightly cool, place them into a blender, and blend until the mixture forms a smooth puree.
• Pour the water into the soup pot, and stir in the chicken bouillon cubes until they dissolve. Pour in the vegetable puree, and bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Stir in split peas, Italian seasoning, cumin, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and curry powder. Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook until the peas soften and break down into a thick soup, at least 45 minutes.

POPEYE SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Soak peas 8 hours or overnight.
• Drain and rinse.
• Combine with the rest in a pot.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce.
• Cover partially.
• Simmer 4-5 hours or until thick and creamy.
• YUM!

GRANDMA'S SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In large saucepot heat olive oil and add shallots.
• Wait 3 minutes then add garlic.
• wait 3 minutes add water then all other ingredients.
• bring to a boil then drop to a simmer for 1 hour with cover on but tilted to vent.
• serve with some good croutons.

VINTAGE BETTY CROCKER SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat peas and water to boiling; boil 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour.
• Add ham shank, onion, celery, parsley and pepper; heat to boiling.
• Reduce heat; cover and simmer 1-1/2 hours.
• Add carrots; cover and simmer until carrots are done and soup is of desired consistency, about 30 minutes.
• Remove bone; trim meat from bone and add meat to soup.
• For a thinner consistency, stir milk or water into soup.
• Season to taste.

SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Cook on high to get it hot, if you have time, then lower the heat setting to low and cook 8 hours.
• Don't fill the crock pot too full, due to foaming.
• Stir, adjust the seasonings and serve.
• If you like the soup creamy, take out 1/2 c. of the soup and puree in food processor, then blend back into the soup.
• Serve

VELVETY-SMOOTH SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Soak peas overnight as directed on the bag, if in a hurry, you can put the peas in a pot, cover with water and add 2 tsps baking soda.
• Bring to a boil, stirring to ensure it does not boil over.
• Rinse and drain peas.
• Add 1 T olive oil to pan and all the vegetables and salt and pepper, sauté 3-5 minutes.
• Add ham hock, peas, stock, and water.
• Bring to a boil, then turn down to a low simmer.
• Cook 2 hours (or longer for maximum flavor!).
• Turn off heat, remove ham hock.
• When cool, remove bits of ham from the hock and place the ham back into soup, discarding the ham hock.
• Cook your bacon until lightly crisp and add into the soup.
• Using your Vitamix or blender, pour in soup (this may take 2-3 fills) and puree.
• This is where you will want to add milk to thin out slightly (if you don't want to add milk, use more stock).
• Reheat and serve.

HEARTY SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine all ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until peas and vegetables are tender.

SPLIT PEA SOUP (((BEST PEA SOUP EVER)))

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into a large stew pot.
• Cover ingredients with water about 2 inches above the top of the ingredients.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer for about 3 hours, or until peas are pureed and slightly thickened.
• Serve with a crusty bread if desired.

SHORTCUT SPLIT PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the water, bouillon granules and thyme to a boil. Thinly slice celery ribs and finely chop the leaves; set leaves aside., Add celery ribs and carrots to water mixture; simmer, uncovered, for 5-8 minutes or until tender. Stir in the soup, ham and celery leaves; heat through. Top each serving with cheese if desired.

SPLIT PEA SOUP WITH PORK BELLY

Steps:

• Cook and stir onion and pork belly in a large pot over medium heat until pork is browned and onion is translucent, 10 to 15 minutes. Add water, vegetable broth, white wine, split peas, thyme, celery seed, bay leaves, salt, and pepper; stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and simmer until flavors have combined, about 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaves before serving.