Slow Cooked Black Eyed Peas
Adapted from an internet recipe.
This sounds really good, I like beans! This is a recipe that is open to tailoring as to your taste. I look forward to making this. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 5 hours hrs
Total Time 5 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Course Side
Cuisine American
- 2 cups dry black-eyed peas, rinsed
- 225 grams sliced bacon, diced, or cubed chicken, see Step 1, (8 oz)
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 green bell pepper, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 4 cups chicken stock, fresh or from powder
- 2 large tomatoes, or about 4-5 plum tomatoes, diced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 teaspoons Cajun spice mix, Shortcut
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1-3 dashes hot sauce
Add olive oil to a heavy bottom pan and set over medium-high heat. Add the bacon or chicken, onion, bell pepper, and garlic, then fry for about 3 minutes, mixing often until the onion begins to brown and the bacon renders its fat. Transfer to your slow cooker. NOTE: If using minced chicken, use standard sausage seasoning, form into meatballs and cook those.
Add the black eyed peas, broth, tomatoes, oregano, Cajun seasoning, and black pepper. Cook on High setting for 5 hours or Low setting for 8 hours, until the black eyed peas are soft.
The beans will run about 65 Baht/kilo, the bacon about 170 Baht for a 250 gram package, chicken would be much less. For 8 servings this is about 85 cents per serving (or less using chicken), very easy for a side dish.
Shortcut: Cajun Seasoning Mix.