Lucky Pea Soup

This delicious black-eyed pea soup is a favorite of ours especially when the weather is chilly. It's a great way to start the year with a kicked-up, spicy serving of black-eyed peas! Top with shredded cheese, parsley, green onions, and crumbled bacon to add even more flavor.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 272 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 cup water
• 4 slices bacon
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• ½ teaspoon curry powder
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes, undrained
• ½ teaspoon sugar
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, undrained
• 1 ¼ teaspoons cumin
• 1 ¼ teaspoons dry mustard

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the bacon in a skillet and cook over medium-high heat until crisp and evenly brown. Drain on paper towels. When cool, crumble into small pieces.

Step 2

Using the same skillet, add the peppers and onion; stir and cook over medium-high heat until transparent and tender, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Pour the black beans, tomatoes, and water into a large pot. Stir in the peppers, onion, salt, cumin, dry mustard, chili powder, curry powder, pepper, and sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, cover, and simmer 20 to 25 minutes. Serve hot sprinkled with bacon, and other toppings of your choice.