Moms Black Eye Pea Soup Recipes

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, cook and stir the pork sausage and ground beef with the onion over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes; drain off excess fat. Pour in the water, and stir in black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, tomatoes with green chiles, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, salt, canned green chilies, molasses, beef bouillon cubes, black pepper, and cumin until thoroughly mixed.
• Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.

HEARTY BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook the sausage, beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45 minutes.

HOME-STYLE BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute celery and onion in butter until tender. Add the peas, water and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Stir in the ham, Italian seasoning, pepper and salt. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until heated through, about 20 minutes.

MOM'S BLACK-EYE PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Soak peas overnight. Rinse thoroughly and discard the bad peas and empty shells. Transfer peas to a large pot and cover with water about 2-3 inches above the peas.
• Add salt, onion, bay leaf, celery and ham bone. Bring to a boil; skim off the foam, then cover and simmer for 2-4 hours, until the peas are tender and the water has thickened slightly and turned a pale brown.
• Meanwhile prepare the topping and corn bread. First, for the topping, in a medium bowl, combine the onion, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Pour vinegar over the top to cover and allow to marinate in the refrigerator for a couple hours.
• Next, prepare the corn bread (she uses jiffy mix, but feel free to make your own recipe if you prefer). Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 9x13 baking dish. In a large bowl, combine all the ingredients and blend well. Pour mixture into the baking dish and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean. Remove, and let cool.
• Finally, when peas are finished cooking, remove from heat and discard the onion, celery and bay leaf. Remove the ham bone, pick off any meat and place meat back in pot; discard the bone. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, start with a soup bowl. Place one piece of corn bread in the center. Ladle soup over the top of the bread. Top that with some of the onion/tomato topping, including a bit of the vinegar juice. This meal is so yummy when you take a bite that has a bit of everything on your spoon.
• Side note: my mom also used to fry up some potatoes as well to go with this meal.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Sort through the peas and pick out any pebbles or other debris. Rinse the peas under cold water. Put the peas in a 5-quart Dutch oven and cover with 5 cups cold water. Place over high heat and bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat, cover and let peas soak for 1 hour.
• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to cool. When cool, crumble the bacon and set aside. Add the oil to the skillet with the bacon fat Add the onions, carrots and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 10 minutes. Add the collard greens and garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the vegetables to the Dutch oven along with the chicken broth, ham hock, crumbled bacon, rice and 4 cups water. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, covered, until the peas and rice are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove the ham hock from the Dutch oven. Discard the skin and bone. Chop the meat into small pieces and return it to the Dutch oven. Season the soup with salt and pepper.

EASY BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the hot skillet until sausage is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Place cooked sausage mixture, chicken stock, black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, pepper, oregano, and rosemary in a medium to large soup pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP WITH HAM

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp; remove to paper towels. Drain, reserving 1 tablespoon drippings. In the drippings, saute the green pepper, onion and garlic until tender., Add peas, tomatoes, water and seasonings. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese, parsley and bacon.