Ham Hock Split Pea Soup Recipe - Food.com

Ingredients

• 3 cups split peas (picked over and rinsed)
• 6 cups ham stock (boil down ham bone)
• 5 bay leaves
• 5 cups chicken broth (**)
• 3 cups ham, diced
• 3 carrots, finely chopped
• 2 celery ribs, with leaves finely chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 bay leaf
• salt & pepper
• 1 dash parsley
• 1 dash thyme
• 1 dash marjoram
• 1 dash cayenne pepper