Loaded Black-Eyed Peas, Spinach, and Vegetable Soup

  4.6 – 11 reviews  • Spinach Soup Recipes

This easy recipe makes slow cooker ham that is juicy and flavorful and is ideal for holiday feasts. Brown sugar and a bone-in picnic ham are the only ingredients required.

Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
  2. 1 large onion, chopped
  3. 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  4. 6 cups vegetable broth
  5. 3 potatoes, cubed
  6. 1 ½ cups dry black-eyed peas
  7. 3 carrots, sliced
  8. 1 zucchini, peeled and cubed
  9. 1 (10 ounce) bag fresh spinach, stems removed
  10. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
  11. 2 bay leaves
  12. salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add vegetable broth and bring to a boil.
  2. Mix potatoes, black-eyed peas, carrots, zucchini, spinach, parsley, and bay leaves into the broth. Season with salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer soup until peas are tender and flavors have blended, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Reviews

Sue King
5 stars for flavor and 3 stars for recipe. I love the combination of flavors in this recipe but honestly…I don’t understand how it works to combine at the same time….vegetables of different textures with different cooking times, dried beans which take the longest to cook, and spinach as well, which cooks quickly. When putting all the ingredients in the pot at once, the result is slightly crunchy beans, dessicated and slimy spinach, mushy zucchini leaving the potatoes and carrots as the only properly cooked vegetables. I would revise this recipe to begin with adding the beans until they are just beginning to soften, followed by the potatoes and carrots. When the potatoes and carrots are beginning to soften, I would then add the zucchini and then the spinach last. This way all the ingredient have a similar texture upon completion!
Justin Pearson
Used sweet potatoes instead of white yummy
Christine Dean
great soup, will make again.
Cynthia Young
I made this and it was delicious. It’s going in my recipe book for sure. The dish was very filling
Lisa Trevino
This was satisfying and tasty. It pleased all of my picky eaters, vegetarians and meat eaters. It had plenty of flavor without being spicy. I subbed cabbage for the spinach for New Year’s Day. It was easy to put together. I did pre-soak the beans using the quick soak method on the bag, and cooked for the full time in the recipe; the beans were perfectly cooked.
Christine Friedman
This soup is tasty!! I made on New Year’s Eve to enjoy the next day. I used dried black eyed peas but followed directions on bag of peas with regards to soaking them by boiling and letting them sit. I always add time to soaking. I drained, washed the peas and picked through the soaked peas. This is an important process and step to do. I followed the directions except will add Kale upon reheating the soup today instead of cooking with spinach and used dried parsley (a smaller amount , few shakes from container of parsley)In addition added 2 cups more vegetable broth. While simmering for 2 hrs I put lid on Dutch oven. My daughter is a semi vegatarian so wanted to begin a new tradition with the luck of black eyed peas to accommodate her on New Years 2016! This is a keeper.
Terry Bailey
Full of flavor and comfort…delicious! Of course, I am a gal who could eat black eyed peas and spinach forevery meal.
Joshua Long
I love this soup! It’s warming and hearty.
David Mcintosh
Used parsnip instead of zucchini, but loved the heart warming flavors and ease of preparation to make! Great soup on a cold winter day, but I bet it would taste just as good at any other time! Thanks for the recipe!
Charles West
I made this tonight, and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!! I didn’t have bay leaves or fresh parsley, so I threw in dried oregano, basil, and parsley. I will definitely make this again!
Ricky Parker
I had all the ingredients except the black eyed peas & vegetable broth. Instead of the black eyed peas I used black beans and home made chicken broth. It came out tasty and hearty but with enouph liquid to enjoy the hearty vegetables. Kids LOVED it.

 

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