How to Make Perfect Sheree's Southern Split Pea Soup (pressure cooker)

Sheree's Southern Split Pea Soup (pressure cooker).

You can have Sheree's Southern Split Pea Soup (pressure cooker) using 13 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Sheree's Southern Split Pea Soup (pressure cooker)

1. You need 2 medium of hamhocks (or smoked meats).
2. You need 6 cup of water.
3. It's 1 medium of onion, minced.
4. Prepare 3 stick of celery with leaves.
5. You need 2 clove of garlic, minced.
6. You need 1 1/2 tsp of salt.
7. You need 1 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
8. It's 2 medium of potatoes, diced.
9. It's 3 medium of carrots ( or 1/2 bag baby carrots cut into 3rds).
10. You need 2 medium of bay leaves.
11. You need 1 tbsp of dried parsley.
12. Prepare 2 cup of dried split peas.
13. It's 1/4 cup of oil (this is important because it makes your beans or peas have the thick gravy).

Sheree's Southern Split Pea Soup (pressure cooker) instructions

1. In a 5 qt pressure cooker put the hamhoocks or a pieces of soup bone.. add celery, onion, garlic .... salt and pepper .... let cook for 50-55 minutes on Med pressure. QUICK RELEASE PRESSURE....
2. Pressure cookers are different but mine tells me how much liquid I have.... so I remove my meat and make sure I have 5-6 cups of broth... if not u can add water.... 1 1/2 cup broth = 1 cup peas... I add additional liquid because I want soup.....
3. I add oil here (though I prefer Bacon drippings).....
4. Put all other ingredients into pressure cooker and return hamhocks....close cooker and reset for 25 more minutes...
5. Once its done allow to cool off normally... when pressure is released remove hamhocks and they should fork tender... allow them to cool and remove bone and cut up in chunks an add back to split peas.....
6. ***CAN USE A HAM STEAK OR LEFT OVER HAM FROM THE HOLIDAY.. CAN USE BONE.... IVE HAD THE BUTCHER CUT UP AN OLD FASHIONED BONE IN HAM... INTO SERVING SIZE PIECES FOR BEANS...
7. season with salt and pepper to taste .....
8. REMOVE BAY LEAVES.