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These slow cooker black eyed peas are loaded with ham, sausage and veggies. The perfect crock pot meal to get your new year off to the right start!
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Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas

These slow cooker black eyed peas are loaded with ham, sausage and veggies. The perfect crock pot meal to get your new year off to the right start!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 8
Calories 454kcal
Author Sara Welch

Ingredients

  • 1 yellow onion finely diced
  • 1 green bell pepper finely diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 lb dried black eyed peas soaked for at least 4 hours
  • 1 ham bone or ham hock
  • 5 cups chicken broth low sodium
  • 2 cups chopped ham
  • 14 ounces smoked rope sausage such as kielbasa or andouille, halved lengthwise and sliced
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Instructions

  • Place the onion, bell pepper, garlic, black eyed peas, ham bone and chicken broth in a slow cooker.
  • Cover and cook on HIGH for 5 hours.
  • Uncover and remove one cup of the peas. Mash thoroughly then return to the pot. Add the ham, sausage, salt and pepper to the pot. Stir thoroughly.
  • Cover and cook on HIGH for 1 more hour.
  • Remove the ham bone. Stir in the parsley and serve with rice.

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Notes

  1. You'll want to soak your beans for anywhere from 4-8 hours before you put them in the slow cooker. Soaking the peas helps them to cook faster. If you don't have time to soak your peas, you can still make this recipe; just be aware that it might take longer to cook.
  2. I use both a ham hock or bone and chopped ham in my crock pot black eyed peas for maximum pork flavor.
  3. You can use your ham bone from Christmas. Just toss it in the freezer after Christmas dinner!

Nutrition

Calories: 454kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 543mg | Potassium: 1011mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 24.8mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 6.1mg