New Year Black Eyed Peas

A delicious New Year's Eve recipe to bring you luck in the new year! I sometimes just use the ham bone and some of the surrounding meat from the traditional Christmas ham that I make each year, but the ham hocks also add a nice, smokey, rustic flavor of their own.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 3 hr
• Total Time: 3 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 307 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 8 cups water
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 pound dry black-eyed peas
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• ¼ teaspoon ground thyme
• 2 (32 ounce) cartons chicken broth
• 1 pound smoked ham hocks
• 5 pepperoncini peppers

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place the black-eyed peas into a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse before using.

Step 2

In a large stock pot over medium heat, cook and stir onion and garlic in olive oil until onion becomes translucent, about 5 minutes. Pour in the chicken broth and 8 cups water, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to a simmer. Stir in soaked black-eyed peas, ham hocks, tomatoes, pepperoncini, bay leaf, garlic powder, thyme, and salt and pepper. Cover and simmer until peas are tender, ham meat is falling off the bones, and the broth is thickened, about 3 hours.