New Year's Black-eyed Peas Recipe With Ham May Bring You Luck by 30Seconds Food

Southerners don't just eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, they eat them year 'round. This easy black-eyed peas recipe with ham cooks in a slow cooker, so it's ready and waiting when the dinner hour approaches. With only seven simple ingredients – black-eyed peas, ham, onion, celery, garlic, seasoned salt and hot sauce – this southern recipe is in the slow cooker in no time. 

Serve these slow-cooked black-eyed peas as a meal with cornbread or as a side dish with chicken, pork, beef or lamb. It's said if you eat black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, you'll be lucky in the coming year. We hope that's true!

Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 6 to 24 hours to soak peas
Cook Time: 8 hours
Total Time: 14 to 32 hours
Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 1 bag (16 ounces) dried black-eyed peas, rinsed, picked over and soaked according to package directions
• 1 smoked ham hock or 1 - 2 cups chopped cooked ham
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 ribs celery, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons seasoned salt
• 1 - 2 teaspoons hot sauce (optional)
• 4 cups water

Here's how to make it:

1. Drained the soaked peas. Pour into a slow cooker.
2. Add all the remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Cover and cook on low heat for about 8 hours or until black-eyed peas are tender. If using a ham hock, remove the meat and add it to the peas, discarding the bone. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. 

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