Black-Eyed Peas

$2.74 recipe / $0.34 serving
by Beth - Budget Bytes
5 from 11 votes
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In hope of good luck and prosperity in the new year, I cooked up a pot of black-eyed peas yesterday. Eating black-eyed peas, collard greens and cornbread on the first day of the new year has been a tradition in the Southeast United States for generations. Heck, even if they don’t bring me good luck and prosperity, they have certainly brought me happy taste buds, a full stomach and tons of good nutrition. Read more about the tradition here. For my collard green recipe, click here.

Both the black-eyed peas and collards greens can be prepared with or without a ham hock. I’ve made the collard greens both ways and tend to cook them without the hock just because it’s one less step, less money and every bit as scrumptious. Although I intended to make the black-eyed peas with a ham hock, I forgot to buy one and therefore made it without. I was far far far from disappointed. These beans are freaking delicious!

I made my peas in slow cooker so that I could just throw it all in there and forget about it while I cooked other things but they can also be made on the stove top. To prepare them on the stove, just saute the onions and garlic in a large pot with the olive oil until soft, add the rest of the ingredients and then let everything simmer on low (with a lid) until the peas are cooked through. Super easy.

Black-eyed peas in black bowl with garlic, onion and cilantro staged on the side

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Black-Eyed Peas

5 from 11 votes
Flavorful black-eyed peas are easy to make with a slow cooker!
Servings 8
Prep 10 minutes
Cook 3 hours
Total 3 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 med onion ($0.38)
  • 2 cloves garlic ($0.14)
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil ($0.22)
  • 1 lb dried black-eyed peas ($1.28)
  • 6 cups water ($0.00)
  • 2 Tbsp chicken bouillon granules ($0.52)
  • 2 whole bay leaves ($0.05)
  • 1/2 tsp dried thyme ($0.05)
  • 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes ($0.05)
  • 20 cranks fresh ground black pepper ($0.05)

Instructions 

  • Chop the onion and garlic and place it in the slow cooker with a couple tablespoons of olive oil.
  • Dump the dry peas into a colander and sift through to remove any stones or bad peas. Rinse thoroughly with water then add to the slow cooker.
  • Add 6 cups of chicken broth (or 6 cups of water and 2 Tbsp bouillon) to the slow cooker along with two bay leaves, 1/2 tsp of dried thyme, 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes and a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper.
  • Place the lid on the slow cooker, turn the power on to High and let cook until the peas are soft. I let mine cook without checking them for three hours and they were perfectly cooked. They may have been done sooner but I didn’t have a chance to check. Black-eyed peas tend to cook faster than other beans.

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Nutrition

Serving: 1ServingCalories: 93.25kcalCarbohydrates: 12.03gProtein: 2.49gFat: 3.84gSodium: 421.34mgFiber: 2.34g
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close up of black-eyed peas in black bowl

Step By Step Photos

onions and garlic in slow cooker
Chop up the onion and garlic and place it in the slow cooker with a little bit of olive oil.

black-eyed peas in packaging with strainer
Pour the dry peas into a colander and sift through to remove stones and other debris. Rinse them well.

black-eyed peas rinsed and poured into slow cooker with garlic and onions
Pour the sorted and rinsed peas in the slow cooker. Call me crazy, but I think these little peas are beautiful!

close up of chicken broth jar
Add 6 cups of chicken broth or the water + bouillon equivalent. The store was out of my favorite Better Than Bouillon so I had to get these granules. It still tasted good.

chicken broth and seasoning added to black eyed pea mixture in slow cooker
Add in the seasonings: bay leaves, dried thyme, red pepper flakes and freshly ground black pepper.

cooked black-eyed peas in slow cooker
Secure the lid, set the cooker to High and let ‘er go for about 3 hours. In the end you’ll have perfectly cooked, insanely delicious black-eyed peas!

black-eyed peas in black bowl with onion, garlic and cilantro staged on the side

These were so good that I just ate them in a bowl by themselves but you could ladle them over rice or serve with some corn bread. The thick liquid surrounding the peas is so flavorful that you don’t want to miss a drop!

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  1. Followed this recipe (used chicken broth instead of bouillon) and my super picky husband is still raving about how delicious these were. 

    Recipe couldn’t have been any easier. 

    Thanks so much for this great one! 

  2. These turned out really well. We made them for our “lucky” New Year’s meal and my husband has already requested we have them again in the future. Thanks for sharing!

  3. First, I have been cooking this recipe since 2014. My whole family request these black eye peas. Love this recipe!!!
    Have you tried this in an instant pot? If so, do you know the cook time?
    If not this is going in the crockpot tomorrow night!

    1. I haven’t tried this in an IP, but slow cooker recipes usually convert to IP very well! I would probably just use the bean function. :)

  4. Hi! New here and loving these recipes. Thank you! Wondering if and how to substitute the bullion? Should I use chicken stock in place of water? Sorry for a silly question. I’m not an intuitive cook. Thank you! 

    1. Hi Kate and welcome! Yes per the instructions you can just use 6 cups of chicken broth.

  5. So delicious!  The red pepper flakes give it just a little spice.  I added a cubed ham steak to make it a more substantial meal.  The whole meal cost about $6

  6. My 1 year old absolutely loved this soup! It was a hit! So great on a winter day. Making it again today. 

  7. I just cook dried blackeyed peas with water, cooking oil, and salt. Simple, yet delicious.

  8. Yummy! I didn’t have chicken broth, so I added 1 beef bouillon cube and a tablespoon of New Orleans seasoning to 6 cups of water. These were the best black-eyed peas I’ve ever made.