Everyone loves this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe with ham! A homemade soup is the best crockpot soup recipe, perfect for winter recipes for those chilly nights. Make this Crock Pot Meal as an easy Appetizer recipe or Dinner recipe, and thank me later!
This Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe is perfect for these long stays stuck indoors. There's nothing quite like a filling soup or stew on a chilly fall evening, or a cold winter's day, is there?
Why you are going to love our Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe
Even down here in balmy Miami...I enjoy a good soup or stew when the temperatures drop!
Sometimes I enjoy a bowl of soup JUST BECAUSE, but especially when I am feeling under the weather. There's just something about a warm bowl of hearty goodness that relaxes me and makes me all cozy in my bed while I binge watch Netflix or Hulu!
Soups, stews and chilis are the BEST comfort foods when you're feeling sick and sluggish. I recently had a bad cold, which resulted in a sore throat, and ALL I ate was soft pastas and soups! This Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe is perfect for all of the above!
Slow Cooker Soup Recipes are the Best!
Bonus...it's cooked in a slow cooker, so all you have to do is dump the ingredients and forget it! This Crockpot Split Pea Soup recipe is especially helpful when you are not feeling your best, as you can throw all of the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning. Then when you get up to shower and take your meds, then it is all ready for you when you get hungry later!
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How to Make this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe
Ingredients needed to make this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe:
- 1 lb dry split peas
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped white onion
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup chopped ham
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- 1 bay leaf
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Directions for making this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe:
Add all of the ingredients to your slow cooker. That's it! You can even use canned or frozen vegetables in this Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe to save yourself the time of chopping up all of the veggies!
It is truly a ONE and DONE kind of recipe, which is perfect for busy folks like myself...or lazy folks, also like myself. Ha ha!
Heat your Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup Recipe on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours. I have tried different recipes using the different heat settings and timing and they usually turn out exactly the same.
When cooking cycle is complete, stir the Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup very well and then remove the bay leaf before serving.
Note: You can easily buy the little container of cubed ham in the lunch meat section of your local grocery store to save time on chopping ham.
You can also add in crumbled bacon or bacon bits to add a little more of a savory flavor!
This Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup With Ham Recipe serves 6-8.
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Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb dry split peas
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 1 cup chopped celery
- ½ cup chopped white onion
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup chopped ham
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- ½ teaspoon thyme
- 1 bay leaf
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to slow cooker.
- Heat on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- When cooking cycle is complete, stir well. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Lily Ashley militaryfamof8 says
I am loving all things slow cooker for this busy month, thank you for posting this recipe!
Alisa says
The peas did not get mushy like supposed to. 8 hours later and I still have peas.
Jenn says
Did you turn on the slow cooker?
Bethany Crisp says
Always love a good slow cooker meal!!
Shaunda Necole says
I've always loved split pea soup. Thanks for this easy recipe!
Amy Locurto says
This is such a great soup! I have always loved peas.
Chandice Probst says
Oh my goodness my mom used to make this for us and I loved it! Such a great way to use leftover ham from Easter too!
Trish says
This is so delicious I made it today with leftover ham and it turned out excellent. Thank you for posting!
Jenn says
YAY! I am so glad that you liked it!
Carole says
Mine worked great - doesn’t make sense that yours didn’t. Maybe your slow cooker isn’t working properly.
Emma says
Me too!
Dominique says
The same happened to me unfortunately... not mushy 🙁 just like chicken soup with peas!
Kara says
Was so excited to try , but my split peas did not get mushy... Been cooking in my ninja foodi slow cooker for 8 hours on low & the peas are still crunchy 🙁
Tracy says
We made this in the Quick Cooker (slow cooker option, four hours) and it came out perfect. Everything cooked as it should, we were not disappointed. Split pea has been my favorite since I was a kid and your recipe was spot on! This is a definitely a keeper. Thank you for sharing it.
Katharine K Szlabonyi says
I have made this several times my daughter and granddaughter love it
Sharon says
This sounds wonderful, I was wondering if anyone has put potatoes in this recipe…did they cook to mush father 8 hours?
Jenn says
If you are going to add potatoes, make sure they are a russet, those tend to hold up the best in slow cooker recipes!
Lori Baker says
This turned out great! I read others that said theirs were crunchy… after you put it all in pot you have to stir before starting to cook. The peas were all stuck together and that would cause them not to cook well.
Thank you for this recipe! We love it!
Ginny says
I read somewhere that the peas have to be fresh, and maybe if the reader had them for a long time, that would cause that. The other thought was that the peas might not have been immersed in the broth. Just suggestions. Mine was perfect at four hours on high.
Lauren says
There seems to be mixed reviews on this. I found it needs to be cooked much longer than the 8 hours on low. I’m not sure if you were supposed to soak the peas prior but mine aren’t getting mushy either and I’ve done 4 hrs on low(wasn’t getting soft) and 4 hours on high (soft but not mushy) not sure where the issue lies.
Jenn says
I have had a few people say the same thing - did you stir them up so that they were not all stuck together? I am trying to figure out how people are getting different results.
KIM WILLIAMS says
I read that if the split peas are old (even when you buy them) they don't soften, irrespective of the duration of time they are cooked.
Lynne says
I always soak the peas over night. Soup turns out great
Heather jones says
I buy Batchelor quick soak peas. I use 1/2 the packet I one bi carb table. Dissolve tablet in hot water add to peas soak for 2 hours, drain and rinse add veg to slow cooker. These peas are the best
Jenn says
Thank you for that tip!
Mary Bourgeois says
Made this today for the first time. I'm glad I read thru the comments the day before. I soaked my peas for 3 hrs before putting them in the crock. After 4 hrs on low it wasn't looking like the peas were cooking at all (yes I stirred them well) so I turned it up to high for almost 5 hrs. They did cook and there was a lot of liquid. I used my immersion blender and it thickened up nicely. It's good soup and was super easy to make!
Karleigh says
Any leftovers,can be frozen?
Jennifer says
They can definitely be frozen, but I think the soup would be a lot mushier once it's reheated.
Donna S. says
I made this tonight and my husband and I loved it! I blended it at the end to make it smooth.
Becky says
I made this soup today. I have never made split pea without a hambone before but this turned out just as delicious. I cooked mine for a solid 5 - 5 1/2 hours and the peas were perfectly soft and mushy.
Catherine downey says
I fine the batchelors quick soak peas better remember my mum always use these so do I soup turns out same way delicious.
Linda Frolli says
CAN YOU COOK THE SPLIT PEA SOUP ON THE STOVETOP IF SO FOR HOW LONG . I WILL DO A QUICK SOAK BOIL THEM FOR 2 min AND LET THEM SET FOR 1 HOUR .
Jennifer says
You can make this soup on the stovetop too! Just throw all of the ingredients in a big pot and cook it on medium-high for about an hour. I would make sure to give it a good stir every once in a while to make sure that nothing sticks to the bottom of the pot!
Katie says
Finally decided to try homemade split pea soup. Thanks so much for this recipe. Slow cooked on high and it turned out fantastic!!!
Brenna Ray says
So YUM!! I used the saved honey ham bone from Thanksgiving. I did soak my beans overnight. Delish!!
Shirley Estes says
I made this today I did 4 hrs on low and 3 hrs on high I added extra liquid smoke and fresh garlic and it turned perfect and yummy