Southern Black Eyed Peas
Nothing says Happy New Years’ better than a pot of soulful black-eyed-eyed peas & soul food collard greens! Whether you buy into the hype that eating these dishes will bring wealth & a slew of other good things, just enjoying them with family and being thankful that I’ve made it into another year is MORE THAN ENOUGH for me!
This is my grandmother’s soul food recipe (that I’ve tweaked a bit). It’s a basic recipe for a pot of good ol, southern black-eyed peas. She blesses us with these throughout the year but on New Years’ they tend to taste a bit better. Talk about flavorful!!! Forget the bland, mushy black-eyed peas you may have tasted in the past. This recipe always gets a “wow, these are some good black-eyed peas!” from newbies that have never tasted hers before. Like always my grandmother just smiles and says “well…it could be better” lol (she’s adorable!)
This recipe could easily be turned into vegetarian-friendly black-eyed peas by omitting the meat and using vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. You can even get all fancy-schmancy and throw in some chopped tomatoes, celery, and all that other jazz.
Either way, they taste fabulous! Pour on some hot sauce and give me a fat piece of cornbread on the side and I’m a happy gal!
Watch me make these black-eyed peas from start to finish!
- 4-5 green onions, chopped (or 1 medium
- white onion, chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 (16 oz) bag dry black-eyed peas
- Smoked Turkey (as much as you
- desire. I used half of a fully cooked, smoked turkey leg. Just chopped the meat up into bits. You can leave it whole if you do not like meat in your black-eyed peas but like the flavor)
- 6-8 cups of chicken broth (or enough to cover the beans)
- Red pepper flakes,
- black pepper (optional)
- Sort & wash the black-eyed peas. Set aside.
- Chop onions & garlic.
- In a large pot, add in 2 Tablespoons of olive oil and saute the onions and garlic until tender.
- Add in the chopped meat, black-eye peas, & chicken broth
- Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 1 hour or until black-eyed peas are tender.
- Remove from heat and let sit covered for about 10-15 minutes.
- Season with red pepper & black pepper if desired.
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Seeing your black eyed pea recipe reminds me of being a kid – haven’t had them since. I will definitely being enjoying this one time and agian. Thanks.
I came across this as I was searching for a Black Eye Pea recipe to try for my family. I am anxious to see as they turn out and will definitily post an update! thank you
MO MO MO… i love u SO!!! I wanted to thank you for keeping it real and posting recipes that are ABSOLUTELY Delicious! You are my idol…… Blessings to you and your family.. EVERYTHING I have made is delicious… the GREENS ARE A BIG HIT IN MY HOME.. Keep up the good work!
I’m a New England girl married to a New Orleans boy, so I’ve had to learn to cook black eyed peas. I’ve tried lots of recipes over the years, but yours is THE BEST! And so simple! Thank you for sharing this great recipe!
Hey Diva. Do you have to soak these peas before you cook them?