New Year's Day Black-Eyed Peas
This easy one-pot black-eyed peas recipe is a New Year's Day tradition! Simmered with slab bacon, garlic, and thyme for good luck and prosperity.
Makes: 8 Servings
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 tbsp. Olive Oil plus more for drizzling
- 4 -6 oz Slab Bacon cut into 1/2-1" pieces (or ham hock)
- 1 medium Onion finely chopped
- 5 Sprigs Thyme plus leaves for serving
- 4 Garlic Cloves smashed and chopped
- 2 cups Black Eyed Peas soaked overnight, drained
- Kosher salt freshly ground pepper
Instructions:
- Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven or pot over medium heat.
- Add bacon, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the bacon starts to look shiny and gets some color, about 5 minutes.
- Add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden and tender, about 5 minutes.
- Add thyme sprigs, garlic, black-eyed peas, and 8 cups of cold water and bring to a simmer over medium-high.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer gently, skimming any foam from the surface, until beans are tender, 35–45 minutes.
- Discard thyme; season with salt.
- To serve, drizzle beans with oil and top with thyme leaves and cracked pepper.
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