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Are you looking for an easy and delicious way to cook up dried black eyed peas? Our Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham Recipe has an amazing flavor and is the perfect all day slow cooker recipe.
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This past Christmas season. I made up several hams to test different recipes and I was very eager to freeze my ham bones for recipes just like this one!
I purposefully left a lot of meat on one of those ham bones for this very recipe. I had seen a recipe in Gooseberry Patch’s Busy Day Slow Cooker for Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham Hock and I knew I wanted to adapt it for our personal tastes. The original recipe called for spicy flavors of diced tomatoes and for celery. I knew we would much prefer Italian tomatoes (basil, oregano and garlic), a bit more garlic and sweet bell peppers instead of celery. The results were fantastic. Mikey was blown away. He wants us to film a video ASAP! Lol!
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Adapted fromGooseberry Patch’s Busy Day Slow Cooker
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Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham Ingredients
- 1 lb dried black eyed peas- sorted, rinsed and soaked per package.
- 2 cans (14.75 oz) diced tomatoes with basil, oregano and garlic
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic (I used freeze dried garlic)
- 3 cups water
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes or 3 tsp Better than Bouillon
- 1 cup red or green bell peppers- chopped (You could also use 1/2 cup freeze dried bell peppers with an extra cup of water)
- meaty ham bone or 2 ham hocks
- salt and pepper to taste
How to make Black Eyed Peas in a Crock Pot
- Drain soaked black eyed peas and place in the bottom of a 6 quart slow cooker.
- Then pour tomatoes over black eyed peas and add garlic, water, bouillon, peppers and stir well.
- Nestle ham bone down in black eyed peas, season with salt and pepper and cover.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until the black eyed peas are tender,stirring a few times over the cooking period.
Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham
Are you looking for an easy and delicious way to cook up dried black eyed peas? Our Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham Recipe has an amazing flavor and is the perfect all day slow cooker recipe. Adapted from Gooseberry Patch’s Busy Day Slow Cooker
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Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 1 hour hour
Cook Time: 9 hours hours
Total Time: 10 hours hours
Servings: 6 -8
Author: Cris
Ingredients
- 1 lb dried black eyed peas sorted rinsed and soaked per package.
- 29.5 diced tomatoes with basil, oregano and garlic (2-14.75 oz cans)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic I usedfreeze dried garlic
- 3 cups water
- 3 chicken bouillon cubes or 3 teaspoons Better than Bouillon
- 1 cup red or green bell peppers chopped, You could also use 1/2 cup freeze dried bell peppers with an extra cup of water
- meaty ham bone or 2 ham hocks
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Drain soaked black eyed peas and place in the bottom of a 6 quart slow cooker.
Then pour tomatoes over black eyed peas and add garlic, water, bouillon, peppers and stir well.
Nestle ham bone down in black eyed peas, season with salt and pepper and cover.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until the black eyed peas are tender, stirring a few times over the cooking period.
Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper if desired.
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Denise says Can you add Okra to this recipe?
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- Cris says
Hi Denise-
I don’t cook a lot with okra but my guess is you would want to add it towards the end. If I remember correctly, okra can get mushy if it overcooks. Hope that helps!
- Judy says
Amazing! I did not pre soaked the black eye peas and I used Rótel with green Chile’s instead and added a pinch of red pepper flakes for a little spice. Also, I used chicken broth instead because that is what I had in the pan tree. It came out amazing!
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- Cris says
Hi Judy-
So glad to hear you enjoyed it!! We love hearing that ;).
- Bonnie Cee says
I just want to thank you for your crockpot recipes……YOU GUYS ROCK!! I know I can always find something that catches my eye and my tastebuds. I just want to know how you guys don’t weigh 300 pounds?? J/KReply
- Cris says
Hi Bonnie-
So glad you enjoy the site! We are big supporters of enjoying dishes in moderation… and lots of exercise 😉
- Miz Helen says
I just love the Black Eyed Pea recipe, it will be so good in the crock pot. Hope you are having a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday.
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- Jan in Pacific Northwest says
I made this on New Year’s Day. My husband HATES Black Eyed Peas. It was a huge success! My entire family ate seconds and my daughter took it for lunch today! This recipe is fabulous and so easy to prepare. SOOOO GOOD! Thanks for sharing.Reply
- Cris says
Jan-That is awesome! Thanks for letting us know 🙂
- Michelle Shilts says
I was wondering if I could leave out the tomatoes because my stomach can’t take the acid that is in them. Thank you for your time, Happy New Year and I hope that I will hear from you sometime after the New Year starts.Reply
- Cris says
Hi Michelle-You can definitely leave them out, you will just want to add more liquid to keep your black eyed peas from drying out during cooking. Hope that helps!
- Shirley R says
This recipe looks delicious! I would like to substitute celery – how much of that could be used to replace the green pepper? Thanks!
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- Cris says
Hi Shirley!The original recipe just called for 1 rib, but I would add 2 or 3. Enjoy!
- Marco says
Add what you want. Recipes are only one persons likings.
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