Does anyone have a really really good recipe for green split pea soup made with a ham hock? I have been wanting a good old fashioned recipe for this for a while and am never satisfied with want I come up with.

Progresso Soups has wonderful split pea soup.

Oh my, I don't think there is anything good about Pea Soup, either a recipe or canned!! But my DH loves it and I buy it if I'm going out of town!!

Split peas, carrots, water. Follow the directions on the package of peas. Add ham hocks and cook for flavor. I always add some chicken broth for flavor, If you have a turbo blender after peas are cooked run them through blender for thickness. I always add hambone too.

I have made Split pea soup for years. I use a crockpot. Put in the peas and the ham hock, water, five peppercorns, some dried onion flakes - not a whole lot and let simmer for four hours or so until the hock meat comes off easily. Then, here it comes, I add about three thin sliced carrots, some celery slices and about 1/2C instant barley. Because it is instant it works fast and you will find you may need more - just a little bit at a time. You can add a little more water if the ham hock took up a lot of room and you find that you don't have enough soup juice there. The barley gives the soup a whole new texture and it is really good. I like my pea soup smooth, not lumpy. I usually keep it cooking all day long. I don't add any salt. The ham hock is salty enough! I serve it with soft bread sticks. Love to butter the sticks and dip them in the soup!

Hope it works for you - as a matter of fact I have a ham hock and split peas, sounds good for a dinner this week. Thanks for the idea. Edie

This is my mother's recipe. A little different but we love it.

3 quarts of water
1 ham bone (never tried ham hocks but I'm going to)
1 bay leaf
1 onion, 1 carrot, 1 stalk celery- diced
1 lb. split peas
Cook for about 2 hours
Add 2-3 diced potatoes and cook 30 minutes
Add drop dumplings and cook 5 minutes more

Recipe for drop dumplings
6 Tablespoons of flour,1 egg, tiny bit of water to make a thick paste, (consistency should be sticky)
Drop small amounts off of teaspoon into soup.

I also add a little onion and pepper. Otherwise I make it this way exactly. This is the best recipe!

have you ever tried the yellow split peas. they have a great recipe on the bag. i just made it last week. i thought was wonderful. i'm not crazy about the green ones. the yellow ones seem to be a little sweeter.

Yes! The yellow peas make a wonderful soup too!
Now I am getting hungry and I just had a big plate of Ployes for breakfast!
Going to make chicken n dumplings for dinner though.

I used to follow the recipe on the package of split peas. Carrots, celery and onion are the only ingredients I usually add (besides the ham for flavoring). Sounds good!