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The best Split Pea Soup (hits: 1824 )
Serves	a big pot full
Entered/Updated	2006-11-11 01:23:45
Added by heidi	Country/Provence not provided
Ingredients: 1 med. onion, chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped (1 1/2 C) 1. C chopped fresh parsley 1 minced garlic clove 8 oz canadian bacon <--this is good! a splash of olive oil 1 lb dried split peas, soaked overnight 8 C chicken broth 1/2 tsp salt (if your broth isn't too salty) 1/2 tsp groud black pepper or more a splash of Dry Sherry	Instructions: 1. Saute onion, celery, parsley, garlic and canadian bacon in the bottom of a big pot, with a little olive oil. This is just to soften the onion and bring out the flavors, it doesn't have to be super-cooked. 2. Drain peas and add to the pot, with the broth, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook with the lid on for about 3 hours. When it's done, add some dry sherry to taste.
Notes: This is really easy and totally worth it, and you can eat for a whole week out of one pot! Don't forget to soak the peas ahead of time, though. This isn't a pureed or blended soup...the peas kind of dissolve and make it pretty mashy, so you don't have to blend it up. But I guess you could if you wanted to.

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