You’ll be lucky if you try this black-eyed peas recipe for the new year! The ham hocks offer a lovely, smokey, rustic taste on their own, though I occasionally use the ham bone and some of the surrounding meat from our Christmas ham.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 3 hrs |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 11 hrs 15 mins |
| Servings: | 10 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound dry black-eyed peas
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth
- 8 cups water
- 1 pound smoked ham hocks
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 5 pepperoncini peppers
- 1 bay leaf
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground thyme
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place black-eyed peas into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let soak at room temperature, 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in broth and water; bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer. Stir in black-eyed peas, ham hocks, tomatoes, pepperoncini, bay leaf, garlic powder, thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Cover and simmer until peas are tender, ham meat is falling off the bones, and broth is thickened, about 3 hours.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 307 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 28 g |
| Cholesterol | 35 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 1281 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 13 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Excellent blackeyed peas, me & the wife loved this dish!!!
Excellent, cheers!
The two changes I made to this recipe were 1. I only used the water to soak the dried peas 2. I omitted the pepperoncinis because I don’t like them and I didn’t have any. This was by far the best recipe for black eyed peas I’ve ever made. So good!!
I followed this recipe did not add pepperonis as I did not have any. Looking forward to seeing how they turn out! Thank you for sharing.
This is absolutely delicious! I had never had this soup before. After reading the story behind New Year soup I wanted to make it. It is very easy to make and the spice blend is perfect. I made it a week before the New Year and froze it in individual serving containers. It freezes well and actually tasted even better when reheated. Having it with a side of collard greens is a good compliment to the soup. I plan on having this soup more often than just New Years Day!
Loved it I added some kale tho because I thought it would add a nice touch!
Very tasty!
Absolutely amazingly delicious. Made it exactly as written but did add a little juice from the peperoncini peppers. So very good. Will be making it again on a regular rotation. Thank you so much for the recipe
Awesome
I followed the recipe precisely. My husband loves black eyed peas and said this was very good.
It was delicious, I did double the meat poundage. Also 4oz more black-eyed peas. I will do it again with even more meat. Having 2-2lbs ish packs of ham hocks would be about perfect for me.
wonderful recipe – the peppericini made it; juts a slight amount of heat – I had a spiral sliced ham bone which provided diced ham as well as some ham off the bone – peas, onions and ham were delicious – the broth is luxurious – just make sure to not over cook the peas
Amazing!!!
This was really really good. The only change I made was to substitute the pepperoncini peppers for jarred banana peppers. That is what I had on hand and with it being NYr Day a trip to the store wasn’t in the cards.
This was the first time I made this and it was really delicious. I will definitely make it again.
The recipe calls for 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth (2*32oz = 8 cups. and 8 cups water That’s 16 fluid cups. My peas came out with way too much liquid.
this turned out so nice. I didn’t have the pepperancini but did have some capers so added one teaspoon and some of the juice, it worked fine but next time I’ll make sure I have the pepperancini.
I did not use as much water/liquid as it called for. I also increased peppers. We love them, served over rice. Best black eyed pea recipe ever. I make it every year.
I wasn’t sure about pepperoncini and tomatoes but I read the reviews and gave it a shot. Oh my God! I’m so full I can’t eat another bite….Can’t wait to dig into leftovers!
Family loved it!
Maybe a start of a new family tradition