Name: Slow Cooked Black Eyed Peas with Ham Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 7 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 oz smoked lean ham steak; 1 lb Dried Black-Eyed Peas; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp olive oil; 1 onion; 2 cloves garlic; 1 red bell pepper; 1 jalapeno chile; 1 tomato; ½ tsp chili powder; 1½ tsp cumin; salt to taste; 1 tsp ground black pepper

Slow Cooked Black Eyed Peas with Ham Recipe

How To Make Slow Cooked Black Eyed Peas with Ham

This recipe calls for black eyed peas and ham to be slow-cooked with chilis, bell peppers, and various herbs and spices for a mildly-spiced hearty dish.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 7 hours 30 minutes

Total: 7 hours 50 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

8ozsmoked lean ham steak
1lbdried black-eyed peas,rinsed and soaked overnight
2bay leaves
1tspolive oil
1onion,medium, diced
2clovesgarlic,diced
1red bell pepper,stemmed, seeded, and diced
1jalapeno chile,seeded and minced
1tomato,diced
½tspchili powder
1½tspcumin
salt to taste
1tspground black pepper

Instructions

Soak peas overnight in 6 cups of water.
The next morning, drain peas and add to slow cooker.
Add 4 cups of water, bay leaves and ham.
Cover and cook on High for 6 hours or until the beans are tender.
After 6 hours, in a large frying pan, add oil and sauté onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeño pepper, and tomato for about 6 minutes or until soft.
Add to the slow cooker and season black eyed peas generously with salt, cumin, chili powder and black pepper.
Cover and cook on High 1 to 1½ hours more.
Discard bay leaves and serve.