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It must be soup day! I was going to make a yellow split pea which is one of my all-time favorites. But I spotted a 15 bean mix and have that on the stove right now with some ham hocks, carrots, tomatoes, onions. Smells wonderful!
But I can't eat all of it, as it's for a church fundraiser called "Souper Bowl" on Super Bowl Sunday supporting the local food pantry.
If you wanted to make it vegetarian, Goya sells ham seasoning, its in a packet, I think every store carries it. And it's vegetarian too. But you might need to cut down on any additional salt because it's pretty salty. I use it for all my bean/pea soups. Works very well.
It must be soup day! I was going to make a yellow split pea which is one of my all-time favorites. But I spotted a 15 bean mix and have that on the stove right now with some ham hocks, carrots, tomatoes, onions. Smells wonderful!
But I can't eat all of it, as it's for a church fundraiser called "Souper Bowl" on Super Bowl Sunday supporting the local food pantry.
Take the spam out of the can and dice, heat a fry pan and cook until spam gets nicely browned and crisp on the edges. puree spam until it becomes smooth. Add chicken broth, water, peas and spam to a big pot and bring to a boil. simmer 1 hour. In a food processor combine carrots, onion and garlic and pulse until it make a paste. after 1 hour add the veggies. Cook 1 more hour and add cream cheese at the end and stir until it melts. Transfer soup in 2 batches into food processor and puree until smooth. I did not think I would like the spam in it but it gave the soup a great flavor and my husband really enjoyed it. The spam was my idea since that is what I had. My neighbor says she has done it with spam, bacon, canned ham, ham hocks and even canadian bacon.someone gave us a can of spam and I decided to try it in this soup, I myself have never tried spam before. The consistency was not as thick as hers or my MIL's but if you like it thicker use less liquid.
I could never bring myself to put Spam into my soup. To think about a puree of Spam almost makes me ill. Call me an old fogey or whatever you wish but I say the notion of Spam in soup goes beyond all the rules of civilized behavior.
I could never bring myself to put Spam into my soup. To think about a puree of Spam almost makes me ill. Call me an old fogey or whatever you wish but I say the notion of Spam in soup goes beyond all the rules of civilized behavior.
I hate spam too but my husband wanted to try it so I bought some. I fried it up till it got crisp then chopped it up and added to my soup. I think todays split pea came out better than the first one I made. From now on I will use bacon.
I don't like ham in my split pea soup, so I often make it with flanken. When we get down to the flanken at the end, we eat it with little horseradish. Yum!
If you want some smoky-meaty flavor and you are vegetarian, try using smoked paprika and cumin. And roasted garlic.
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To think about a puree of Spam almost makes me ill. 
