{"id":1695,"date":"2012-09-10T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2021-12-04T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T21:36:54","slug":"split-pea-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/split-pea-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandpa&#8217;s Split Pea Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is based on a Copy Cat recipe for Anderson&#8217;s Split Pea Soup<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 CU fresh split peas (rinsed &#8211; no stones)<\/li>\n<li>2 CU chicken stock (see recipe here)<\/li>\n<li>1 C water<\/li>\n<li>2 TBL butter<\/li>\n<li>1 TBL EVOO<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 stalk celery&nbsp; (rough chopped)<\/li>\n<li>1 smallish carrots (rough chopped)<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 sweet onion (rough chopped)<\/li>\n<li>3&nbsp; asparagus spears (not the tips, but not the bottoms either)<\/li>\n<li>scant thyme, red pepper, salt and black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 large pinch fresh cilantro or parsley<\/li>\n<li>1 ham bone (or three chicken bones)<\/li>\n<li>1 bay leaf<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 C cauliflower (optional)\n<ul>\n<li>Chopped ham (add near the end)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instructions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rinse peas.&nbsp; Remove stones and floaters.<\/li>\n<li>Let soak overnight.<\/li>\n<li>Dump soaking water and rinse peas one last time<\/li>\n<li>Put peas, ham bone, and bay leaf into a pot and add chicken stock<\/li>\n<li>Add water (if necessary) to cover the peas by about 1\/4 inch<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil, then simmer 45 minutes.<br \/>\n<strong>COOKING THE SOUP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rough chop all veggies (not peas, ham or bay leaf)<\/li>\n<li>Add veggies and butter and EVOO to a large pot<\/li>\n<li>Saute for 5 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Add peas (removing bones and bay leaf) to the pot<\/li>\n<li>Bring to boil, then simmer covered for 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Put all ingredients in blender, being sure to vent blender<br \/>\nor use immersion blender &#8211; and blend until smooth<\/li>\n<li>Ieally, run through a food sieve on smallest grater<\/li>\n<li>Add ham and simmer for another 20 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Serve topped with a dollop of sour cream<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Special Steps<\/p>\n<p>Cauliflower adds nothing to the taste, but helps make a creamier soup without using something like heavy cream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is based on a Copy Cat recipe for Anderson&#8217;s Split Pea Soup Ingredients 1 CU fresh split peas (rinsed &#8211; no stones) 2 CU chicken stock (see recipe here) 1 C water 2 TBL butter 1 TBL EVOO 1\/2 stalk celery&nbsp; (rough chopped) 1 smallish carrots (rough chopped) 1\/2 sweet onion (rough chopped) 3&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/split-pea-soup\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Grandpa&#8217;s Split Pea Soup&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22059,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/22059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}