Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas
Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas are true southern comfort food! Loaded with bacon, onions and smoked turkey and slow cooked to perfection with a ham bone. The most delicious start to a new year!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried black eyed peas
- 4 slices thick cut bacon
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 cup diced smoked turkey optional
- 1 ham bone
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
Instructions
- Place black eyed peas into a bowl and cover with cold water. Set aside for 1 hour.
- Cook bacon in a skillet until crispy, remove to paper towels to drain. Crumble and set aside.
- Add olive oil, onions and garlic to skillet with bacon dripping and cook on medium-low heat until caramelized.
- Add smoked turkey and crumbled bacon and cook on low 5 minutes.
- Stir red pepper flakes and black pepper.
- Add ham bone to crock pot.
- Add bacon and onion mixture.
- Drain and sort black eyed peas, removing skins and broken pieces.
- Add black eyed peas to crock pot and top with chicken broth.
- Stir well and cover with lid.
- Cook on high 4 hours or on low 6-8 hours.
- Add kosher salt and stir well.
- Taste black eyed peas to test tenderness.
- Serve with buttered cornbread.