International Pea Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups dried split peas
• 2/3 cup pearl barley
• 8 -10 pearl onions
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 lb ham steak
• 1 1/2 cups ready to eat edamame
• 1 quart chicken stock
• 1 pint water
• 2 tablespoons curry powder
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel the onions and chop half of them, leave some whole to be boiled in the soup. roughly chop the garlic and chop the ham into bite sized pieces.
• 2 heat the oil in the bottom of a large pot (i use a 6 quart stock pot).
• 3 brown the onions and the garlic, stir in the edamame and ham brown for a few minutes more.
• 4 add the peas, barley, curry powder and chicken stock.
• 5 boil over medium heat for 1/2 hour with the cover on.
• 6 stir and taste, add salt and pepper and water to taste (i like a thicker soup so i don't add much water).
• 7 simmer covered for 15 minutes and then uncover and simmer for 5 more before serving.