Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup

Crockpot Split Pea Soup is warm, comforting, and hearty, loaded with ham, potatoes, and carrots. And best of all, it’s easy to make since your slow cooker does all of the work!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 10

Total Time 10 20

Servings servings

Calories 420kcal

Author Samantha Skaggs

Equipment

6-quart or larger Slow Cooker

Ingredients

1 pound (16 ounces) dried green split peas rinsed & drained
2 cups diced ham
2 cups peeled and diced potatoes
2 cups shredded carrots
2 tablespoons minced garlic
7 cups chicken broth or stock or vegetable broth or stock
1 bay leaf
½ cup fresh parsley minced (plus extra for garnish)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

Place dried split peas, ham, potatoes, carrots, and garlic in the bottom of the slow cooker. Pour in chicken broth. Stir in bay leaf and parsley. Cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours (or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours) until peas are tender and broken down.
Taste, add salt and pepper as needed, and garnish with additional fresh parsley, if desired. Leftovers should be covered and stored in the refrigerator for up to five days.

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Notes

You can dice your carrots if you prefer more noticeable bites of carrot, but I like shredding mine because they practically melt into the soup and my kids don't spend time trying to avoid them.
The amount of liquid in this recipe should be more than sufficient, but any time you cook a dried bean recipe in the crock pot for the first time, you'll want to check your water/broth level every once in awhile to make sure too much hasn't been soaked up by your beans/peas. If it has, just add more water/broth and stir. Some crock pots run hotter than others.
The salt is added at the end of the recipe after tasting, since the soup may already be salty enough without it between the ham and the chicken broth.
Once your soup is done, you may adjust the consistency to your liking by stirring in additional broth for a thinner soup. Or use an immersion blender to puree some of the soup to thicken it.

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