German Pea Soup


Serves: 8
Total Calories: 813

Ingredients

2 cups split peas dried, soaked overnight and drained
5 cups water
4 cups chicken broth
2 onions coarsely chopped
2 carrots large, coarsely grated
3 ribs celery thinly sliced
2 cloves garlic minced
1/2 bay leaf
1 1/2 pounds ham hocks sliced
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
3 knockwurst sliced 1/2 -inch thick (about 12 ounces)
Garnish:
1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:

In large kettle combine split peas, water, chicken broth, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and ham hocks. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper bring to boil, cover, and turn heat down to simmer. Cook for 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove ham hocks and cut meat from bones into fine strips. Remove bay leaf and discard. Return ham to kettle add knockwurst, bring to simmer, and cook for 5 minutes. If the soup is too thin, remove cover and boil for 5 minutes. Garnish each serving with a dollop of sour cream.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 813
Calories from Fat: 118

This German Pea Soup recipe is from the Meal-In-One Favorites Cookbook. Download this Cookbook today.




"I must say this is the best recipe software I have ever owned."
-Rob

"Your DVO cookbook software saves me time and money!"
-Mary Ann

"Call it nutrition software, meal planning software, cooking software, recipe manager, or whatever you want. It is the software I use to stay healthy!"
-David

"Your software is the best recipe organizer and menu planner out there!"
-Toni

"Thank you so very much for creating such a wonderful cooking recipe program. I think this is the best recipe program there is!"
-Sarah

"I saw lots of recipe software for PC computers but I was having a hard time finding really good mac recipe software. I'm so glad I discovered Cook'n! It's so nice to have all my recipes in a computer recipe organizer. Cook'n has saved me so much time with meal planning and the recipe nutrition calculator is amazing!!!
-Jill

My favorite is the Cook'n Recipe App.
-Tom