Black Eyed Peas Recipe

Mike’s Black Eyed Peas Recipe

I cook my Black Eyed Peas Recipe whenever Beryl goes out of town.

Beryl’s out of town, gone to Scotland for nine days, so I wanted to cook up a pot of something that I could eat on for a few meals.

Black Eyed Peas Recipe
Black Eyed Peas Recipe

(Unlike Beryl, I don’t mind eating the same thing 3-4 meals in a row, as long as it is something good!)

We already had spaghetti sauce and chili in the freezer, and I was really wanting something different, as well as easy to make…

Didn’t feel like jambalaya (I eat way too much of it when we have it), and neither red beans and rice or white beans was calling me.

I was looking around in the cabinet, and saw a bag of black-eyed peas. This sounded really good (and easy)…

And, black-eyed peas is not something Beryl is gonna cook, except to New Years, (because she doesn’t like them).

So, here’s how I made my black-eyed peas –

Black Eyed Peas Recipe Ingredients

1  (1-pound) bag of Camellia Black eyes
1  (10-ounce) bag of frozen seasoning blend (or a large yellow onion)
1  tablespoon of chopped garlic
A little oil – (I usually use olive oil, any kind will do)
Seasoning meat – as much as you have or want (I used smoked pork sausage and chopped ham)
Seasonings – whatever kind you like (I used salt and Tony’s and Tabasco)

How I Made My Black Eyed Peas Recipe

White Beans and Sausage
White Beans and Sausage

Rinse and soak your dry peas.

The first thing you want to do is rinse and soak you dry peas.

I do it overnight.

Pour your dry peas out of the bag into a colander and rinse them off.

(To be honest, I don’t do this… I add this touch for the ladies appeal.)

Then, pour the peas into a bowl or pot, and cover them with water.

(I use a 2-quart measuring cup.)

Black Eyed Peas Recipe
black eyed peas soaking

Let them soak overnight if you can.

(If you don’t have that much time, soak them for as long as you do have.)

If you’re gonna use sausage for your meat, slice it how you like it.

(I like to slice my sausage as thin as I can.)

Heat a little oil in your pot on a medium heat setting.

If you’re using sausage as your meat, toss it in the pot and brown it a little.

(For some reason this makes it taste a lot better.)

Then add your season blend (or onion or Cajun Trinity, whichever you’re using)

seasoning blend
Frozen Seasoning Blend

Add your chopped garlic.

Stir it around until the vegetables wilt. (I’d say 3-5 minutes)

Then, add your peas and water.

BONUS “SECRET” (I use chicken stock instead of water. It makes them so good you’ll want to eat the whole pot in one sitting.)

I added my chopped ham at this time.

(I used both sausage and ham because I had both in my freezer and didn’t have enough of either one to use all by itself.)

Black Eyed Peas Recipe
seasoning blend and sausage sauteing

You want to make sure the peas and stuff are just covered with the water.

Add whatever seasonings you like (to your personal taste)

I used salt, Tony’s Creole Seasoning and about 6 drops of Tabasco sauce.

Bring your pot to a boil, reduce your heat, cover your pot, and let simmer for about 2 hours.

Stir your concoction every once in a while to make sure it doesn’t stick and burn at the bottom.

SECRET TIP

Here’s the secret to fine black-eyed peas (also applied to red beans and white beans)

After about an hour of simmering, smash a couple of spoonful’s of peas against the (inside) side of the pot.

Then stir your pot again.

This will thicken your gravy.

After a little while, if your gravy is not thick enough for your liking, do it again.

You may have to do it 3-4 times to get your gravy as thick as you like it.

This does work. That’s why it’s “the secret”.

By the way, YES, you can make this in a crock pot (slow cooker) if you want to.

How to Serve Mike’s Black Eyed Peas Recipe

You’ve got an awesome pot of fine eating now. Something you pretty much won’t find in restaurants.

Around here, you can only get black eyed peas at home, at the Piccadilly, or at Reeves grocery store.

Cornbread is really fine with black-eyed peas, and I always get some when I get the peas at the Piccadilly.

I was too lazy to make some this time at home.

(Remember, I’m just making these for myself, no company.)

Black Eyed Peas Recipe
Black Eyed Peas Recipe

Anyway, you can eat them as is, which is what I did…

Or, you can eat them over rice.

My plan was to have them as is for lunch, and make some rice to pour them over for supper.

As it turns out, they were so good as is, I decided to “eat light” and not make the rice.

Another interesting recipe for blackeyed peas is a dish called Hoppin’ John.

Beryl’s made Hoppin John before, and it’s real good too.

Here’s the recipe for Hoppin’ John –

https://www.cajuncookingtv.com/hoppin-john

Mike

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Beryl and Mike
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14 thoughts on “Black Eyed Peas Recipe

  1. I really enjoyed your article. I understand the way you cook very well. It could have been me cooking the blackeyed peas. Thanks for an informative as well as entertaining article.

    All the best,
    Tom

  2. Thank you, Tom!

    Lot’s of times folks will ask Beryl or I if we have a recipe for such and such.

    The fact is, we don’t have a recipe for anything until we cook it, lol.

    We just start with a general idea of what we want to cook, then cook it.

    If it comes out good, we write down what ingredients we used and how we cooked it.

    If it doesn’t come out good, we wait till we try it again.

    We really appreciate you writing us, and hope to hear from you again soon!

    Mike and Beryl

  3. So enjoy your videos! You show just enough of each step for a beginning cook to follow and a seasoned cook to not get bored???? keep up the great work!

  4. Mike and Beryl, I really like your cooking videos and receipes. I cook my black eye peas like you do and I add a few drops of jalapeno tobasco sauce, really give it a better flavor. Keep up the good work!!

  5. Do you have any idea how much Tony’s or salt that you used? I don’t want to ruin this by using toooo much.

  6. Hi Terry,

    Seasoning is really a personal preference, but your best bet is to always use less rather than more since you can always add more, and of course too much is a disaster.

    In this case, I would recommend starting out with say, 1/4 a teaspoon of each. Stir it in and let it cook in for a little while and give it a taste test.

    You’re always better off having not quite enough seasoning than too much.

    (You can always add more seasoning at the table.)

    Over time, you’ll get the feel for how much to use.

    I hope this helps some.

    Thank you so much for getting in touch!

    We really appreciate you trying our recipes.

    Beryl and Mike

  7. I love y’all’s videos, short and to the important cooking points! My husband lived in Harahan and his mom passed a year after our wedding so she wasn’t able to show me how to cook some of the cajun/New Orleans dishes. Maybe you will have your own show one day?

  8. Thank you so much, Terry!

    This is one of the sweetest comments we’ve ever gotten. It brought me to the edge of tears. You are the reason we are publishing these recipes.

    Thank you for trying them!

    Beryl and Mike

  9. I tried this today and they were YUMMY. Thanks.

    I just ordered two cook books 1 for me and 1 for my sister Norma.

    Thanks, keep cooking love it!!

  10. Thank you, Doris!

    Your “Cajun Cooking Made Easy” cookbooks will be on their way to you Tuesday morning (post offices closed Monday Labor Day).

    We really appreciate you!

    Beryl and Mike

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