Read this recipe first, it should only take about 15 minutes to make ,  30 if you are not a chef!

Ingredients

• 3   LB   Frozen Baby Peas
• 2   Cups Chicken or Vegetable Broth ( 1 Can )
• 3  TBS Butter
• 1  Carrot  Diced Small
• 4   Ribs Celery Diced Small
• 1   Small Onion Diced Small
• 4   Tb Corn Starch
• Liquid Smoke

Optional:

• 1/4 LB  Diced Ham, Brown Sugar or extra Butter

Method:

1. In a 4 quart pot and add butter, place the pot over medium heat.
2. Add the vegetables to the pot and sweat them over a medium high heat.
3. When the vegetables become tender add broth and bring to a low boil.
4. Once the vegetables are tender set them aside.
5. While the stock simmers place the peas in a strainer and place it in a  big bowl of hot water from the tap, big enough to submerge the peas.  Take the chill off of the peas by repeating this step.
6. Strain the warm peas and place them back into the warm empty bowl.  Now strain the broth and all the vegetables into the bowl of peas.  Put the vegetables back into the pot and put it back on the stove
7. Now you need to pure' the peas!  You can strain them again (retaining all the liquids) and put them in a blender or you can use a submersion blender right in the bowl or another pot.  Be careful, It's "HOT"!
8. Once the peas are pure'd, add them and any remaining liquids back to the pot containing the vegetables.   Bring the soup to a low boil and check to see if it is thick enough.  To thicken the soup make a slurry by mixing the corn starch and  some water.  Stir the slurry a little at a time to the soup until you have the right texture.
9. If you use ham add it here!
10. Taste the soup and add Liquid smoke to taste as well as salt if needed.  You may try a small bit of brown sugar to make it a little sweeter or you can stir in more butter to make the soup richer!
11. Soup is done!   I once made 5 gallons of this soup in 15 minutes because the cook burned the soup of the day and the customers thought it was the very best Split Pea they ever eat.  I was not going to tell them that is was 15 minute Pea Soup.

Makes 8 - 8 oz  portion!

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