Happy New Year with my Black-eyed Pea Recipe

Every New Year's Day I serve black-eyed peas and cornbread.  I load them with ham and my own combination of spices. Below is my recipe for 2018 if you would like to try it. 

Enough Dried black-eye peas to make 4 to 5 cups cooked

1 - large ham steak

2 - strips of bacon

1 - small onion

6-8 - cups of water

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp celery salt

1/2 tsp mustard powder

1/4 tsp of cayenne (optional)

Red onion

Cornbread

Prepare black-eyed peas ahead of time as directed on package. Cook the 2 strips of bacon, then add small onion chopped and a cubed ham steak, cook until the onions are transparent. Add drained cooked black-eyed peas about 4-5 cups. 1 cup of water. Add onion powder, garlic powder, celery salt, mustard powder and cayenne. Simmer 30 minutes... Serve with red onions and cornbread!

ENJOY and may you have Prosperity through the NEW YEAR! 

Black Eyed Peas Recipe & Corn Bread a New Years tradition

If you were wondering how I prepare my black eye peas on New Years Day here is my recipe!

Soak the black eye peas over night!

Black Eyed Peas
1 lb bag of dried black eyed peas
6 cups of boiling water

2 ham hocks (look for meaty ones) or a ham steak
8 strips of bacon
1 small onion
2 large garlic cloves
2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
2 bay leaves
6 cups of water

Soak black eyed peas overnight, place them in a large pot and pour 6 cups of boiling water over them.  Next day rinse black eyed peas and return to pan.  Cook bacon until crispy.  Add water, bacon, ham hocks, onion, garlic and spices to the pot.  Bring to a boil, then simmer for 2 hours.  Pull meat off ham hocks, return meat to the pot and discard bones.  

You can leave out the cayenne pepper, my family likes to have a little heat in everything they eat!

Cornbread
Bob's Red Mill Cornmeal muffin mix
Follow directions on the back of the package

When the cornbread comes out of the oven you are ready to serve!

Cook bacon until crispy.

Add all ingredients in pan.



Two hours later the black eye peas are ready to serve.

Yummy!

Black Eyed Peas for New Years!

Southern Good Luck meal for the New Year.... 

"The traditional meal also includes collard, turnip, or mustard greens, and ham. The peas, since they swell when cooked, symbolize prosperity; the greens symbolize money; the pork, because pigs root forward when foraging, represents positive motion.Cornbread also often accompanies this meal. The cornbread represents gold." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-eyed_pea

Soaking my black eyed peas for tomorrows meal~
 

I know I don't live in the South... Actually I live almost as far away in the US as I can without leaving the 48 contiguous states!  We have had black eyed peas on New Years growing up for as long as I can remember.  I have kept the tradition up over the years in my house!