We love Split Pea Soup and it’s so easy to make in the Crockpot!

This healthy, heartwarming soup is great for dinner but it freezes and reheats well for meals all week long.

Crockpot Split Pea Soup with a laddle in the crock pot

A Creamy Hearty Soup

  • Kids young and old alike love the creamy, velvety texture of split pea soup, it’s the ultimate comfort food!
  • If you have a leftover hambone, it can be added to the soup and it will flavor the broth.
  • Any split peas will work but I do love to use Hurst’s HamPeas because it has an extra flavor packet which is great in this recipe.
  • This hearty soup is a great meal alongside 30 Minute Dinner Rolls and a fresh salad.
  • Crockpots are the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it way to make delicious recipes with little to no prep or clean-up!

ingredients to make Crockpot Split Pea Soup

Ingredients

SPLIT PEAS: Split green peas give this soup its signature color, texture, and flavor, plus they are high in fiber and protein. You can find them next to the dried beans in your grocery store.

Yellow split peas will work (AKA Canadian Pea Soup), as well as a combination of split peas and lentils. Be sure they are rinsed from small pieces of debris before using.

VEGETABLES: Onions, carrots, and celery are the traditional ingredients for split pea soup, but diced potatoes, sweet potatoes, even frozen veggies like green peas, spinach, cauliflower, or broccoli can be added to the soup. Purée cooked veggies for a thicker soup.

MEAT: Add a leftover hambone, ham hock, or cubes of ham, even smoked turkey can be added.

ingredients in a crockpot to make Crockpot Split Pea Soup

How to Make Crockpot Split Pea Soup

This Crockpot recipe is as easy as 1, 2, 3:

  1. Rinse & drain split peas.
  2. Place in a Crockpot along with the remaining ingredients.
  3. Cook on high or low (per the recipe below) until thickened and creamy.

cooked Crockpot Split Pea Soup in the crock pot

Tips

  • If cooking for 4 hours on high in the Crockpot, soak peas overnight in clean water. Drain & rinse before using.
  • For a different cooking method, try making Instant Pot Split Pea Soup or this stovetop version.
  • No need to soak the green peas if they are slow cooking for more than 4 hours!
  • For best results, keep the bone or ham hock in until the soup is finished.
  • Thin split pea soup by stirring in extra chicken broth, and to thicken it allow it to cook with the lid off for about 1 hour.

Leftovers

Leftover split pea soup tastes better the next day! Keep it in a covered container in the refrigerator and it will last for about 5 days. Freeze green pea split soup in individual quart-sized bags or in gallon-sized bags with the date labeled on the outside. Frozen split pea soup will last about 3 months in the freezer.

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Crockpot Split Pea Soup

Warm and satisfying Crockpot Split Pea Soup is a "set it and forget it" recipe that's comforting to come home to. Healthy ingredients and easy prep make this soup a winner!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours
Total Time 5 hours 15 minutes
Servings 12
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Ingredients  

  • 20 ounces dried split peas green or yellow, *see note
  • 5 cups chicken broth
  • 2 cups water *see note
  • 1 meaty ham bone or 2 cups leftover ham
  • 3 ribs celery diced
  • 2 large carrots diced
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 bay leaf
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley

Instructions 

  • Rinse peas and drain well.
  • Combine all ingredients except parsley in a 6qt slow cooker.
  • Cover and cook on high for 4-5 hours* or on low 8 hours.
  • Discard bay leaf. Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

  • If cooking for 4 hours on high in the Crockpot, soak peas overnight in clean water. Drain & rinse before using.
  • I use Hurst HamPeas Split Peas in this recipe which comes in a 20 oz package. If using a different brand, check the package size. If it contains only 16 oz (1 pound), do not add the additional 2 cups of water.
  • Reduce the liquid slightly for a thicker soup.
  • No need to soak the green peas if they are slow cooking for more than 4 hours!
  • For best results, keep the bone or ham hock in until the soup is finished.
  • The peas will break down and naturally thicken the soup.
  • Thin split pea soup by stirring in extra chicken broth, and to thicken it allow it to cook with the lid off for about 1 hour.

 

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Nutrition Information

Calories: 203 | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 660mg | Potassium: 604mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2141IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 2mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

Course Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Main Course, Slow Cooker, Soup
Cuisine American
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  1. soaked split peas overnight put ingredients in slow cooker at 8 AM . 12:30 am peas are still intact and still rather hard. I pretty much knew that 4 hr on high after soaking would not be enough. Maybe 8 maybe 12 hours. that is often the case will slow cooker pea or bean soup3 stars

  2. I’m planning to make this in a couple days for a family dinner and definitely want to add potatoes. Can anyone who has done so tell me if I ought to add extra broth from the get go? I want to be sure there is enough liquid for the peas to absorb. Thanks!

  3. WOW! I made this recipe and I think this is the best pea soup I’ve ever made. I switched out chicken broth for bone broth and added extra ham (‘cuz, why not?!) Thanks for the recipe. It’s going in my favorites.5 stars

  4. Very tasty but the 2 times I’ve made this recipe it turned brown and not green like I think pea soup should be. What could I be doing wrong.

  5. Holly, you’re my ‘go to girl’ for everything I cook! My family and I love all of your recipes!!!! I’ve made sooooo many of them and tomorrow’s a perfect, frigid day for your fabulous pea soup again, (by request from hubby and son!) For the love of food, thankyou for making me a better cook!!!!!!!5 stars

  6. Horrible recipe. Rinsed and drained split peas and cooked in crockpot for 5 hours. Peas were still hard. Never puréed into the split pea soup I was expecting. Disappointed.

    1. Hi Glenn, as mentioned in the recipe card if cooking on high in the Crockpot, you will need to soak the peas overnight in clean water. Drain & rinse before using. I hope that helps!

  7. Well shame on me for not reading some comments BEFORE getting everything in the crockpot! I now see that the peas you use come with a seasoning packet. I had my own bag of peas that didn’t come with one, and I didn’t know that other brands may include one. So now what should I do? I just knew that it couldn’t be as easy as a couple of basic random spices and I should have trusted my gut and read some comments ahead of time. If you see this soon, do you have any recommendations on what to add to my now very basic tasting split pea soup?

    1. It’s absolutely as easy as adding a few spices because a lot of the flavor comes from the ham/hambone. The seasoning packet is not needed for this recipe and most brands do not contain one, the recipe will be perfect as is without it. If you’d like you can certainly add a bouillon cube.

  8. Delicious! I followed the recipe (I never do that!) except I used half chicken bone broth and half vegetable broth and extra carrots and ham. I am going to share a tub of this soup with all my neighbors.5 stars

  9. What a great recipe. I used a package of frozen mirepoix, and I didn’t have ham so I used two servings of ham flavoring. The flavor increases the longer it cooks. This one is definitely a keeper.

  10. I made this today and it is AMAZING!!!! I made it as written, did not change a thing. Definitely in the soup rotation! Thank you for another super delicious recipe!!5 stars