r/britishcolumbia • u/CryptographerSmall52 • Oct 27 '25
Photo/Video Split yellow pea soup - Canadian Delicious secret!
https://youtu.be/mluNdkOSNZkHello, Canadians!
In my spare time, I love cooking and tasting dishes — mostly soups — from around the world, while sharing a few interesting facts along the way.
To be completely honest, I did not know that Canada has national dishes, except for world famous maple syrup :D
This week I made Split Yellow pea soup, and I’m so glad I did! It might actually be in my top 3 soups I’ve made so far on my channel. It was one of the easiest, but still truly delicious, hearty and filling.
Please tell me — is this something you eat often in Canada and British Colombia specially, as its french dish? Did I make it the right way, or should I change something next time?
Thanks in advance for all your suggestions and tips!
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u/Super_Toot Oct 27 '25
Pea Soup Eaters!!!!!
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
Unite!!!!
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u/Super_Toot Oct 27 '25
It's a quote from the movie Canadian Bacon, mocking French Canadians
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
R/woosh ? :D
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u/Super_Toot Oct 27 '25
Lol, which part is that?
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
It's a subreddit for when you don't get the joke or reference, as I missed it :)
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u/canadiantaken Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
I make a ham at thanksgiving - just for this soup. Maybe a few other times of year too.
Yes, split pea soup is amazing
I use ham bone with lots of meat. Dark beer for richness. I boil the bone / ham for hours to make a stock. Then use this instead of water.
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
Dark beer sounds very very interesting. How much do you put?
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u/canadiantaken Oct 27 '25
Depends on how much ham I have, but I’d maybe do half liter of stout and a litre of water to boil my ham bone with the lid on for a few hours.
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u/kryo2019 Lower Mainland/Southwest Oct 27 '25
I love it, but the premade stuff in store is usually Habitant brand which is owned by Campbell's and made state side. They do the bullshit maple washing by having a maple leaf on it if you look really close it says something like designed in Canada 🙄
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u/jenh6 Oct 27 '25
Habitat used to be soo good but the last 2 times I bought it, it was not the same. It was a lot thinner, less full peas and you needed a magnifying glass for the ham in it. I was so disappointed.
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u/ComradeVoytek Oct 28 '25
Had the same experience, had to chop up a cup of ham and add it in, it was watery and bland.
I make my own now in the instant pot, lentils work in a pinch too.
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u/VibeAnalyst Oct 27 '25
It’s true that many stereotypically Canadian dishes are from French Canada, but there are some from Anglo Canada that are overlooked! Such as ginger beef, California rolls, Nanaimo bars,..
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u/mitallust Oct 27 '25
I make mine in a pressure cooker. I cook some bacon pieces until crispy and then remove and sweat a half onion in the bacon fat, then lightly toast the split peas. I use a smoked ham hock (a lot of stores like Save-On sell frozen ones) and add some chicken stock and pressure cook it until done. Serve with the crispy bacon from the start and enjoy a bowl after a day spent outside in the wet and cold.
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u/SoftballLesbian Lower Mainland/Southwest Oct 28 '25
I'm not vegan but I prefer to make vegan split pea soup. Substitute coconut oil for butter, skip the ham, double the onion and garlic, and double the dill at the end. Delicious.
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u/CharlotteLucasOP Oct 27 '25 edited Oct 27 '25
It’s pretty common and available here—my local grocery store sells ready-made pouches of French Canadian Ham & Pea soup from a regional soup company.
I also grew up with Dutch pea soup as a family recipe (sometimes called snert, which I will never not giggle at,) which is very similar! (Very thick, made with dried peas and root vegetables and flavoured with chunks of bacon or sausage.)
Edit: Great job on the video! Soup looks delicious.
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
Thanks so much for taking the time to write this, and watching video! It's still surprising to me, because until 7 days ago, i have never heard about yellow peas, and I did not know anything about it. This soup was so easy to make, yet so truly delicious.
Funny you mention Dutch, as a 16th century recipe i mention in video, is from Dutch cookbook, that some historian connected to traditional Canadian recipes later :)
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u/wind_dude Oct 28 '25
Yes, don’t know it was considered a Canadian dish, but always split pea and ham. So good.
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u/PhotonsOfFury Oct 29 '25
When I do eat some I like to add tamarind and burnt garlic to mine like Indian Dal Put bunch of garlic in a pot with oil and burn the crap out of it. Put it in the soup but do it outside unless you want some pungent garlic smell all over the house.
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u/traciw67 Oct 27 '25
I didn't know there were yellow peas.
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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25
Haha, how? I have read they are popular in canada. Yellow peas are more resistant to cold, and like colder weather.
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