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Name: French Canadian Split Pea Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 pound green split peas; 1 meaty ham bone; 1 cup onion chopped; 1 tsp instant chicken bouillon; 1 cup carrots sliced; 1 cup celery chopped; 2 slices bacon cooked and crumbled; 1/2 cup light cream; 2 Tablespoons butter

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INGREDIENTS

1 pound green split peas
1 meaty ham bone
1 cup onion ; chopped
1 tsp instant chicken bouillon
1 cup carrots ; sliced
1 cup celery ; chopped
2 slices bacon ; cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup light cream
2 Tablespoons butter

INSTRUCTIONS

In large kettle mix peas, ham bone, onion, bouillon, 8 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil, Cover, reduce heat and simmer 1 1/2 hours, stirring often. Remove ham bone, dice meat, return meat to soup. add carrot and celery. Simmer 30 minutes, stir in bacon, cream and butter; heat through.

NOTES

you may wish to hold the salt until soup is completed as the ham adds saltiness

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (110g)
Recipe Makes: 8 Servings

Calories: 188
Calories from Fat: 109 (58%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 12.1g	16 %
	Saturated Fat 6.5g	33 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 3.8g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 0.8g
Cholesterol 29.9mg		9 %
Sodium 256.6mg		9 %
Potassium 305.5mg		8 %
Total Carbohydrate 14.5g		4 %
	Dietary Fiber 5.3g	21 %
	Sugars, other 9.2g
Protein 6.3g		9 %
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Calories per serving: 188

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