Free Recipe Black-Eyed Peas

Recipe Type: Free Bean Recipes
Recipe Preparation: cook
Cooking Temperature:
Recipe Serves: 8

Ingredients for Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

1 lb Black-eyed peas; dried
1 Piece skin from a smoked
-ham or
2 oz Slab bacon; diced
1/4 c Pork rib drippings or
Fried chicken drippings or
Bacon drippings
3/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper; ground
1/2 ts Sugar

Black-Eyed Peas Preparation

1) Pick over the peas to remove stones and dirt. Rinse the peas well and soak them in cold water for 20 minutes. Drain well. 2) Combine the peas and the remaining ingredients in a large pot. Pour in enough cold water to cover the peas by 1 inch. Heat to simmering and cook, covered, until the peas are tender but not mushy, about 1 1/2 hours. Keep an eye on the peas while they are cooking and add more water to keep them covered if necessary.

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