You know I love sharing an easy and delicious recipe perfect for New Year’s Day! Well here it is Black-Eyed Pea Soup!
This soup is full of all the good stuff that’s perfect for New Year’s Day: Black-eyed peas, collards, smoked sausage, tomatoes, vegetables and seasonings. And I’ll be serving it with cornbread!
On New Year’s Day, you’ll find people throughout the South eating black-eyed peas and greens. I’m a Southern California Girl but my roots are from the South and our people have brought this tradition to other parts of the country.
Black-eyed peas are associated with a mystical and mythical power to bring good luck.
Collard greens, are green like money and will ensure you a financially prosperous new year.
- If you serve peas them with cornbread, it represents gold,
- If they are stewed with tomatoes, it symbolizes wealth and health.
You know I believe in the mystical and mythical powers, so get to cooking this recipe to bring in your New Years right!
May 2019 bring you much happiness, love and prosperity.
Happy New Year!
Ali in the Valley
Black-Eyed Pea Soup
6
servings10
minutes35
minutes–
kcalIngredients
1 Tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
1 Cup Chopped yellow onion
1 Cup Peeled and sliced carrtos
½ Cup Sliced celery
1 Tbsp Fresh minced garlic
1 14 oz Package smoked sausage, sliced
1 Tsp Thyme leaves
2 28 oz Can diced tomatoes
6 Cups Tightly packed chopped collard greens cut and cleaned
1 Package black eyed peas drained and rinsed, then cooked
¼ Tsp Salt to taste¼ Tsp Pepper to taste
¼ Tsp Pepper to taste
4 Cups Chicken broth
1 15.5 oz Can black eyed peas Drained and rinsed (if using canned peas)
Directions
- In a dutch oven or a large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add sausage slices, onions, carrots, and celery. Cook fo approximately 7-8 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently.
- Add garlic and thyme and stir to combine. Add chicken broth and tomatoes with juice. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil.
- Add chopped callards and stir well to combine. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until collard greens are tender.
- Stir in cooked black-eyed peas, season with salt and pepper and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
Notes
- Cook Black-Eye Peas quickly in separate pot. Wash and rinsed black eyed peas put in separate pot add water to cover the peas then bring to a boil. Turn off heat and let peas sit until time to add to the large soup pot!
- If useing canned Black-Eyed peas – wash and rinse pease then add to large soup pot (no cooking if canned)
