Slow Cooker Spicy Black Eyed Peas Recipe 45

Steps:

• Pour the water into a slow cooker, add the bouillon cube, and stir to dissolve.
• Combine the black-eyed peas, onion, garlic, bell pepper, jalapeno pepper, ham, bacon, cayenne pepper, cumin, salt, and pepper; stir to blend.
• Cover the slow cooker and cook on Low for 6 to 8 hours until the beans are tender.

Steps:

• Put black-eyed peas into a large container with enough cool water to cover by a few inches; soak 8 hours to overnight.
• Put ham hocks into a stockpot with 6 cups water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer until meat is falling off bone, about 90 minutes. Remove ham hocks and reserve for another use. Refrigerate the ham stock, 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain and rinse black-eyed peas thoroughly; transfer to a slow cooker. Bury one of the cooked ham hocks in the peas; add onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and sugar.
• Skim congealed fat from surface of ham stock; discard. Pour stock into slow cooker. Add enough water to cover the peas by 1 1/2 inches.
• Cook on Low for 14 hours. Season with salt.

Steps:

• Pour the water or broth into a slow-cooker, add the bouillon, and stir to dissolve. Combine the black-eyed peas, Better Than Bouillon Chicken Base, Rotel Tomatoes with Green Chiles, onion, garlic, red bell pepper, jalapeno, ham, bacon, cayenne, cumin, black pepper, and honey; stir to blend. Cover the slow-cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours until the beans are tender. During last hour of cooking add roughly chopped kale or spinach. Serve with cornbread.