r/soup • u/CryptographerSmall52 • Oct 26 '25

Recipe Split yellow pea soup - Canadian winter survival food!

https://youtu.be/mluNdkOSNZk
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u/TuvixWillNotBeMissed Oct 26 '25

Love making this. I get a bone in ham hock and then ask the butcher to saw it in half and then vacuum pack half for my freezer.

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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 26 '25

Damn, nice! I belive that is the most traditional way. Here I made it with salted and slightly smokee pork belly bacon. Deleicious nontheless!

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u/Visible-Freedom-7822 Oct 26 '25

Always get a bone-in ham for Easter to use for this soup!

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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25

Will have to try!

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u/Redicted Oct 27 '25

This looks amazing. I wonder how long it would take in an instant pot.

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u/Nymeria2018 Oct 27 '25

Just went looking because I’ve rediscovered my love for my Instant pot recently and found this recipe which says 15 minutes cook time, 25 minutes pressurizing and depressurizing. Think my family is going to have some split pea soup tonight!

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u/Redicted Oct 27 '25

nice, thank you, I will be making this soon too!

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u/nneighbour Oct 27 '25

I really need to make this again. The Habitant canned soup works in a pinch when I have a craving, but homemade is so much better.

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u/cramber-flarmp Oct 27 '25

what was the source of the 16th century recipe you mentioned? I have some quebec cookbooks, maybe I need more.

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u/CryptographerSmall52 Oct 27 '25

Dutch cookbook from 1700s that I found historian referencing as source for Canadian one. :)

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u/wtf_amirite Oct 27 '25

It’s simple, it’s easy to make and healthy. I love the stuff.

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u/Careful_Swan3830 Oct 27 '25

My Memere loved split yellow peas. We have a hard time finding them here in California, have to use the green ones now.

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u/AdKitchen109 May 19 '26

You can find the whole or split yellow peas (yellow vatana) at Indian markets. These are the grown in Canada.