panda's split pea with ham soup

How To Make panda's split pea with ham soup

• Step 1
  Wash and soak peas over night cover in hot water.
• Step 2
  Drain and put peas into 5 Qt. Dutch oven and cover with water, add ham bone and onion. Boil until peas are soft (about an hour or so).
• Step 3
  Remove ham bone and use an emersion blender to thoroughly blend pea mixture or you can put it in a food processor to blend. Put back into pot.
• Step 4
  Add cubed ham and heat through on medium to low heat while you're making the roux.
• Step 5
  In a sauce pan melt butter, blend in the flour, salt & pepper. Heat until mixture bubbles to make a roux. Stir constantly so it doesn’t burn, this can happen very quickly!
• Step 6
  Remove roux from heat. Add milk gradually stirring constantly with a whisk. Put back onto heat and bring to a rapid boil, cook 1-2 minutes longer stirring often.
• Step 7
  Blend into pea mixture, heat thoroughly.
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