Down-Home Black-Eyed Peas

african soup spicy savory medium fast

Prep

16 min

Cook

55 min

Total

71 min

Ingredients (9)

3 cups dry black-eyed peas g

12 cups water g

3 pounds smoked ham hocks g

1 ¼ cups chopped onion g

1 cup chopped celery g

1 teaspoon salt g

⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper g

1 bay leaf g

1 (10 ounce) package frozen sliced okra, thawed g

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Instructions

Pick over peas, rinse, and place in a large Dutch oven or soup pot with water; bring to a boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour.

Stir in ham hocks, onion, celery, salt, cayenne pepper, and bay leaf; bring to a boil, cover the pot, and simmer until ham hocks are tender, about 1 ½ hours.

Stir in okra and simmer until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.