French Split Pea Soup

By kathryns

Really quick and delicious. Why "french" ?

Ingredients

• 2 c split peas
• 6 c water or chicken stock (of 1/2 and 1/2 ea)
• 1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 celery stalks, finely chopped
• 1 smoked bone in pork chop
• salt

Preparation

Step 1

Rinse and sort peas. Place peas i slow cooker and add the water, onion, celery, carrots and pork chop.

Cover and cook on low, 8 - 10 hrs, slow cooker, until peas are tender and meat has fallen away from the bone. Season with salt. Removean ddiscard the pork chop bone; break up any large chunks of meat with a fork.

Serve immediately