Thin Split Pea Soup with Chouriço or Chorizo in a Crockpot

A delicious, thin split pea soup with smoked Portuguese Chouriço or Spanish Chorizo sausage that is so tasty and robust! Not too spicy, just enough to give it great appeal!

5 from 2 votes

Prep Time30

Cook Time8

Course: Main Course, Soup

Cuisine: American

Servings: 8

Calories: 410

Equipment

1 Crockpot (Slow Cooker)

Ingredients

4 cups chicken broth
4 cups water
1 pound potatoes chopped, white or sweet potatoes
2 cups dried split peas
1 onion chopped
3 carrots sliced
6 cloves garlic chopped
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoons oregano
¼- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 ½ teaspoons salt
¾ teaspoon black pepper
1 pound smoked chorizo sausage Spanish sausage, sliced or chouriço Portuguese sausage

Instructions

Put all ingredients except the sausage into your crockpot or slow cooker. Cook on LOW for 8 hours or on HIGH for 4 hours.
Before serving, brown the sausage slices in a skillet for about 5 minutes until they are heated through, then add them to the crockpot. Take a little taste of the broth to see if the salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes are to your liking. Add more kick if you desire, then serve!

EXTRA TIP:

SUBSTITUTIONS: Use either the smoked Spanish Chorizo or the smoked Portuguese Chouriço. Adding any cooked ground meat instead instead of sausage would work great too!

VEGETABLES: Substitute the carrots and potatoes for any other vegetables you like or have on hand! Keep the amounts the same.

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