Chicharos

By drmbo1989

Ingredients

• 1 pound dried split peas
• 2 cups chopped white onion
• 2 cups chopped green pepper
• 1 cup olive oil for sauteing
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 3 tablespoons white flour
• l leftover ham bone with plenty of
• meat attached
• 41/2 cups water
• 41/2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup white wine
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/4 cup butter

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

1. Wash split peas in water, being careful to remove any grit or bad peas.
2. Saute the onion and green pepper with a little olive oil in a saute pan. Add garlic and flour and saute for another 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Place the ham bone in an 8-quart stockpot. Add peas,onion/pepper/garlic mixture, water, chicken broth and wine. Bring to a boil,reduce heat to low, and simmer until the peas are very tender and the ham isstarting to fall off the bone—approximately 2 hours. Remove the ham bone,trim all usable meat from the bone, cut into small bite-size chunks, and set aside. Discard bone, excess fat, and gristle.

4. Add butter and cumin and simmer for 15 minutes longer.