Name: Winter Pea & Ham Soup
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 500 min
Ingredients: 1 large ham hock; 1 pkt smoked pork bones; 1 pkt dried split green peas; 3 carrots, diced; 3 sticks celery, diced; 2 onions, diced; 2-3 tsp Keen’s curry powder; 1 Sprinkle Vegeta stock powder; 2 tsp garlic, minced

Winter Pea & Ham Soup

Neryl Trewren White

A hearty pea and ham soup with vegetable goodness & a dash of curry 🙂

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 8

Total Time 8 20

Course Main Course, Soup

Cuisine Main Course, Soup

Servings

Ingredients

1 large ham hock
1 pkt smoked pork bones
1 pkt dried split green peas
3 Carrots diced
3 sticks celery, diced
2 Onions – diced
2-3 tsp Keen’s curry powder
1 Sprinkle Vegeta (stock powder)
2 tsp Garlic, minced

Instructions

Fry off carrot, celery and onions in two teaspoons of garlic and your curry powder if you using it. Then add to slow cooker.
Put your ham hock and bacon bones and one packet of split green peas into your slow cooker
Cover with water. This is where I sprinkle a bit of a vegeta (you can use salt reduced chicken stock but I prefer the vegeta)
Cook 8 hours on low
Remove meat from bones. Discard bones and fat/skin. Shred just the meat & return to pot. Serve and enjoy 🙂

Keyword pea and ham, Soup

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2 Comments

Eunice Judge May 18, 2026

Made this tonight for tea and was absolutely yum. So glad I did it. I used 1 kg bacon bones and didnt put the celery in because I didnt have any but was still delicious.

1. Paulene @ Slow Cooker Central May 19, 2026
  
  What wonderful feedback! Thank you so much Eunice for taking the time 🙂

Winter Pea & Ham Soup