Split Pea Soup (2/25/12)

Recipe has been doubled.  Adapted from Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, An American Roadhouse by John Stage and Nancy Radke.

• 4T butter
• 4T olive oil
• 4c finely diced onion
• 2c finely diced celery
• 4T chopped garlic
• 18c chicken broth
• 4c split peas
• 2 bay leaf
• 4 c diced ham
• 1 1/2c shredded carrot
• 4 c frozen peas
• 2 tsp dried thyme
• Tabasco sauce

Melt butter and olive oil.  Add onion, celery, and garlic.  Saute until tender.  Add broth, split peas, and bay leafs.  Simmer for 45 minutes until peas are tender.  Add ham, carrots, frozen peas, thyme, and tabasco.  Simmer for 30 minutes more.