Description
Make these black-eyed peas for good luck in the new year!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups dry black-eyed peas
- 2 bay leaves
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 slices bacon
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 2 small onions, chopped
- 6 small cloves garlic, minced
- 1 carrot, shredded
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- Fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Rinse beans. In a large saucepan, combine beans and 6 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat. Simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand for 1 hour.
- Drain and rinse beans. Return beans to pan and add bay leaves, salt and 6 cups fresh water. Bring to boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 15-25 minutes until tender. Drain; discard bay leaves.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook bacon till crisp. Drain on paper towels, reserving about 1 1/2 tablespoon bacon drippings in skillet. Crumble cooked bacon; set aside.
- Add sweet pepper, onion, garlic, carrot, thyme, oregano, red pepper and black pepper to skillet. Cook and stir til vegetables are tender. Stir in beans and bacon; heat through.
- Makes 12 servings