New Year’s Day Black-Eyed Peas

Name: New Year’s Day Black-Eyed Peas
Yield: Yield: 16 or More Servings.
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: Freshly ground pepper to taste; 6 to 7 cups water, approximately; 2 dried hot red peppers, crumbled; 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar; Salt to taste, if desired; 3½ cups Chicken Stock; ½ cup finely chopped onion; ½ cup finely chopped celery; 1 sweet green or red pepper, finely chopped (about ¾ cup); ½ pound slab of lean bacon, cut into ¼-inch cubes (about 2 cups); 2 pounds dried black-eyed peas

Preparation info

Yield:
16
or More Servings.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1987

About

Ingredients

2 pounds dried black-eyed peas
½ pound slab of lean bacon, cut into ¼-

Americas
United States
Side dish
Gluten-free

Method

Rinse the peas and drain.
Put the bacon in a heavy kettle and cook, stirring, until rendered of fat and browned. Add the chopped sweet pepper, onion, and celery and cook, stirring, until wilted.
Add the peas, vinegar, stock, salt, pepper, and dried hot peppers. Bring to the boil. Cover closely and let simmer about 1 hour.
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