Yellow split pea and ham soup is a delicious rich tasting traditional low cost family staple. This easy recipe makes 8 portions so plenty to freeze too!
This yellow split pea and ham soup recipe is one of my favourite soups.
Like my easy Scottish lentil soup this Scottish yellow split pea soup is a family recipe passed through our generations.
The recipe makes 8 servings so there’s plenty to go round. Any leftovers can easily go into the freezer.
You'll find this recipe for split pea and ham soup is full of flavor and an easy alternative to split pea and bacon soup, if you don't have bacon.
All I'm using here as a substitute to bacon is a thick cooked slice of gammon / ham which you should easily be able to buy. Or have leftover.
For example, the slice of ham/gammon I used in the recipe was one of several saved from Christmas day, which was left over and then put in the freezer until I could make use of it.
This recipe is really easy, and makes a really tasty soup - filling and full of the right kind of carbohydrates and protein but low in calories.
There are only 225 calories per portion in this spilt pea soup.
The ingredients are budget ones too so it shouldn't cost you much to make either!
I mean is there anything more comforting than a bowl of thick hearty soup?
This yellow split pea and ham soup is packed with flavour and easily fills you up too!
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👨🏻🍳 Hints And Tips For Your Yellow Split Pea And Ham Soup
- If you can't get ham slices you could use some slices of turkey instead.
- To make this soup vegetarian just omit the ham and use vegetable stock cubes instead.
- To freeze the soup let it cool first. Then portion the soup into individual containers and place in the freezer. This makes it easy to take the split pea soup out of the freezer to defrost the night before the day its needed.
- Once defrosted the soup can easily be reheated on your stove or in your microwave.
- Soups are not only a convenient way to take your lunch to work but if you make your own you know exactly what's in it!
- Why not make your own wholemeal bread and rolls to go with it?
🥘 Ingredients
- Low Fat Cooking Oil Spray or Olive oil - use cooking olive oil rather than extra virgin
- Yellow Split Peas - the essential ingredient for this soup.
- Onion - I use brown onions
- Carrots
- Cooked unsmoked ham/gammon steaks - you could also use beef or turkey instead.
- Chicken stock home-made or from a stock cube - you could also use ham stock. I just prefer chicken.
- Bay Leaf - gives the soup a distinctive flavour. Make sure you remove the bay leaf before you puree the soup!
- Fresh Parsley - optional for decoration
- Freshly Ground Salt and Black Pepper
See recipe card for quantities.
🔪 Step By Step Instructions
Detailed instructions are in the recipe card below. But here is a quick step by step guide of how to make this yellow pea and ham soup recipe:
- Spray the bottom of a large saucepan with oil or add the olive oil.
- Heat the oil and turn the temperature down to medium.
- Add the diced onions, diced carrots and diced ham and sweat them down until they are soft. Stirring the vegetables around the pan to avoid the ham burning.
- Once onions and carrots are soft add all the pre-soaked yellow split peas, mix together, and then add the 1.5 litres of chosen stock and the bay leaf.
- Simmer until vegetable mixture is softenned.
- Switch off heat. Allow to cool.
- Remove and discard the bay leaf.
- Puree the soup in batches in a blender. Put back in a saucepan. Gently re-heat the soup. If you don't wan't to puree you could lightly mash with a potato masher instead.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve on bowls garnished with parsley.
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Ingredients
- Low fat cooking spray or 1 tsp. olive oil
- 300 g yellow split peas – soak these overnight or for at least 6 hours in cold water.
- 2 medium sized diced onions.
- 3 medium sized peeled diced carrots
- 1 thick slice cooked ham/gammon diced.
- 1.5 L chicken stock home-made or from a stock cube
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Give 5 sprays of the low fat cooking spray in the bottom of a large saucepan which is big enough to hold 2.5 litres water in total. Or add the olive oil.
- Heat the oil in the saucepan until it is hot and turn the temperature down to medium.
- Add the diced onions, diced carrots and diced ham and sweat them down until they are soft it will probably take 8 minutes or so, if using the cooking spray method, quicker if using olive oil. Keep stirring the vegetables around the pan so that the ham also does not burn.
- Once the onions and carrots are soft add all of the pre-soaked yellow split peas, mix together, and then add the 1.5 litres of chicken stock and the bay leaf.
- Simmer for about 1 hour until all of the vegetable mixture is soft. You will need to keep stirring the pot to remove the bubbles on top.
- Switch off the heat and allow the soup to cool for half an hour.
- Remove the bay leaf.
- Puree the soup in batches and put back in a saucepan, gently re-heating the soup.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Allow to cool a little serve garnished with parsley.
- Or portion the soup into individual containers with labels on, and freeze to be used when required.
Nutrition
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Sharon McNamee
Hi Neil. I've made this soup numerous times and it's always come out yummy! Just to say I don't puree the soup though, I just mash it up a little with a potato masher as I like the thicker chunkier consistency of it! Still delicious though. Thank you for your recipes.
Neil
Hi Sharon. Thank you so much for your kind words and for being a loyal follower of my recipe blog! I'm delighted to hear that you've enjoyed the yellow split pea and ham soup multiple times. Your suggestion to use a potato masher instead of pureeing is fantastic for achieving that thick, chunky consistency. I'm pleased to let you know that I've updated the recipe today to include your excellent tip. Your feedback is always appreciated and helps make the recipes even better for everyone. Thanks again for your wonderful support!