Split Pea And Ham Soup(Total Cooking Time: 75 To 85 Minutes) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 c. water
1 smoked ham hock
1 c. chopped onion
1 (6 oz.) pkg. split pea soup mix
3 black peppercorns
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp. salt and pepper

Preparation

Combine all ingredients in a 4-quart microwave casserole. Cover.
Use Cook cycle and cook 70 to 80 minutes or until peas are tender.
Remove ham hock from soup; cool until ham hock can be handled and meat cut from bone.
Add meat to soup.
Discard peppercorns and bay leaf.
Stir.
Use Cook cycle and cook 5 minutes or until heated through.