Southern Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas Recipe With Bacon

There are a couple of foods that people with southern roots eat on New Year’s Day. These classic New Year’s Day dishes include collard greens and black-eyed peas. That is why I am sharing a Southern slow cooker black-eyed peas recipe. This easy recipe is delicious and perfect for fellow busy moms.

Southern Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas Recipe With Bacon

I thought that I had shared a black-eyed peas recipe on this site already but I was wrong. It was a black bean in a crockpot recipe that I had posted. Fortunately, the slow cooker black-eyed peas recipe is very similar. (Black-eyed peas are basically black beans’ Southern cousins anyway.)

I remembered to soak the dry black-eyed peas in 4 cups of cold water overnight, but I forgot to put them in the slow cooker before we went to church on Sunday. (Oops!)

It was fine though because cooking the black-eyed peas on high for 3 to 4 hours in the slow cooker was equally as good as cooking them on low for 6 to 8 hours. They turned out so well that I have been eating them for lunch (mixed with some collard greens) all week.

Southern Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas Recipe

Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas

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Southern recipe (with bacon)

Ingredients

  • 1 lb dried black-eyed peas (Soak in 4 cups of cold water overnight. Drain and rinse them well.)
  • 1 cup onions, chopped
  • 6 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 cup roughly chopped cooked bacon
  • 6 cups cold water
  • 1 tbsp seasoned salt
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Place all of the ingredients in the slow cooker.
  2. Stir to blend.
  3. Cover the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours. (Alternatively, you can cook them on low for 6 to 8 hours.)
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Bonus Tips

I don’t know about these black-eyed peas bringing good luck and prosperity throughout the year. I do know that this Southern comfort recipe results in tender, flavorful peas any time of the year though.

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{This post has been updated and republished. This recipe was originally posted on January 5, 2017.}

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