Slow-Cooker Split Pea Soup

Name: Slow-Cooker Split Pea Soup
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 7 cups, water; 1 pound, green split peas (2 cups), picked over and rinsed; 1 (1-pound), ham steak, rind discarded, quartered; 1 (12-ounce), smoked ham hock; 2 , bay leaves; 2 , onions, chopped; 1 , celery rib, minced; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; , Salt and pepper; 3/4 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes

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By Diane Unger

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2016

Make no bones about it, you can still have a tasty slow-cooker split pea soup without a holiday ham.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME5 to 6 hours on high or 8 to 9 hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To give our split pea soup a rich, smoky flavor, we use a 1-pound ham steak in addition to a smoked ham hock. After the soup is done, we remove the ham steak and ham hock. We then shred the ham steak (and discard the ham hock) and return th...

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