Pea Or Bean Soup

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 8 cups water
• 2 ham hocks or 2 ham bone, with some meat left on
• 2 potatoes (cut in 1 inch cubes)
• 2 carrots (sliced and cut in half)
• 1 -2 onion (chopped)
• 2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup soya sauce
• 1 dash worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon black pepper (i love pepper you may want less)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 2 tablespoons beef bouillon (if needed)
• 3 cups dried split peas or 2 cups dried navy beans
• leftover sliced of kielbasa or sausage, for more meat (optional)

Recipe

• 1 simmer hocks or ham bone in water for 2 hours, allow to cool, discard skin from hocks and remove meat from bone placing back in stock.
• 2 add veggies and bring back to a boil and add peas or beans turn to simmer and add spices, soya and worcestershire and bouillon.
• 3 simmer for 2-2 1/2 hours until peas or beans are tender.
• 4 the pea soup will be quite thick.
• 5 if desired add extra kielbasa or smoked sausage at and and heat through.
• 6 both freeze well but may need a bit of water added when re-heating.