Ingredients
- 1 smoked ham hock, with bone or without
- 1 16 oz. bag of green split peas
- 3 carrots, sliced
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 1/2 medium yellow, chopped
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 t dried parsley (or 1/4 C chopped fresh)
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 T salt
- 1/2 t black pepper
- 6 C water
Put all dry ingredients in a crock pot in layers, do not mix. Add water. Adjust crock pot heat to low and cook for 6-8 hours. Just before serving pull out the ham hock and remove the bone. Break up the meat and return to soup. Stir well and serve. It's all that easy - too easy.
If you don't have a crock pot, put all the ingredients on top of a stove over very low heat. One suggestion made a long ago at a dock pot luck was put the pot on top of the engine manifold while running - just make sure it doesn't tip over.
