Black Eyed Peas And Hot Sausage Stew Recipes

BLACK-EYED PEA AND SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• Cook sausage and onion over medium high heat in a Dutch oven or soup pot until sausage is browned and no longer pink (about 5 to 6 minutes). Crumble sausage with a wooden spoon as it is cooking. Drain off grease.
• Add beef broth, tomato sauce, stewed tomatoes with juices, black-eyed peas, corn, salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
• Bring to a simmer over medium high heat. Reduce heat as needed to maintain a gentle simmer (medium to medium low).
• Cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Season with additional salt and pepper, if desired.
• Serve garnished with chopped fresh parsley, if desired.

BLACK-EYED PEA SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven or soup kettle, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the peas, tomatoes, tomato sauce, broth, seasonings and hot pepper sauce. , Cook and stir for 10-12 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Stir in corn; cook 5 minutes longer or until heated through., Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

BLACK-EYED PEAS AND SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, fry diced bacon until fat is rendered and bacon is slightly crisp. Drain bacon to a paper towel; pour the bacon grease in a bowl to use later.
• Add 2 tablespoons bacon fat back to the skillet; sauté celery, green peppers, onion and garlic until onions are translucent.
• Meanwhile, add undrained black-eyed peas, 1 pea can of warm water, salt, cayenne pepper (optional), diced tomato and fried bacon to a Dutch oven or large, deep saucepan.
• Once the vegetables are tender, add them to the black eyed peas.
• To the same skillet, add 1 tablespoon reserved bacon grease; fry smoked sausage until lightly browned and crisp.
• Add the smoked sausage to the peas and stir.
• Bring the stew to a simmer, and continue to simmer for 40 minutes or until the stew is to your desired thickness.

SMOKED SAUSAGE AND BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• In a large pot, over medium heat, render the sausage for 5 minutes. Stir in the onions, salt, cayenne, garlic, bay leaves, thyme and parsley. Saute for 5 minutes, or until the onions are wilted. Stir in the chicken stock, peas and garlic. Bring the liquid up to a simmer and cook for 1 1/2 hours, or until the peas are tender. Spoon the peas and sausage in the center of a shallow bowl. Garnish with green onions. Serve with cornbread muffins.

BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE AND RICE

Steps:

• If using dried peas, rinse and soak overnight in water to cover by 3 inches. Drain, and place in a 6- to 8-quart pot with a 1/2-pound piece of the andouille, the ham and the stock. Heat to boiling, then reduce to a simmer. (If using fresh or frozen peas, boil the stock first, then add peas, the 1/2-pound piece of andouille and the ham. Return to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.)
• Heat the bacon grease or oil in a heavy skillet, add the onion and celery and cook until soft. Add to the peas with the garlic and remaining seasonings. Simmer dried peas for 2 to 2 1/2 hours; fresh or frozen for about 30 to 45 minutes. In both cases, the peas should be tender and the liquid should begin to thicken.
• Slice remaining sausage into 1/2-inch rounds. Fry briefly in a nonstick skillet and add to the peas. Remove the whole piece of sausage and the ham and chop roughly; return to pot. Cook for another 15 minutes. Remove the thyme sprigs, bay leaves and pepper pods.
• To serve, ladle pea mixture over rice and sprinkle with green onions, Tabasco and vinegar to taste.

BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH SAUSAGE AND TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook sausage in a little water in a large skillet over low-to-medium heat. Break up sausage with a spoon; continue cooking and stirring until sausage is no longer pink. Drain any remaining water (if needed).
• Add onion to sausage in skillet. Continue cooking over low-to-medium heat until onion is tender; about 5 minutes.
• Open cans of diced tomatoes and black-eyed peas. Drain canned tomatoes and one can of black-eyed peas, but do not drain the second can of peas.
• Add tomatoes (drained) and black-eyed peas (one drained, one with liquid) to the sausage and onion mixture in skillet. Simmer, covered, for 30 minutes over low heat.
• Salt and pepper to taste, if desired.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese over skillet mixture.
• Serve with hot pepper sauce on the side, so each person may spice up his/her individual serving.

BLACK-EYED PEA SAUSAGE DIP

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Scoop vegetables into a slow cooker.
• Place sausage in the same skillet. Cook, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker; pour in black-eyed peas and diced tomatoes with green chiles.
• Cook on Low until black-eyed peas are tender, about 16 hours.

BLACK-EYED PEA BRATWURST STEW

Steps:

• Place bratwurst sausages, black-eyed peas, green beans, potatoes, onion, garlic, chicken stock, Buffalo wing sauce, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, salt, and black pepper in a slow cooker.
• Cook on High setting until vegetables are tender and soup is thickened, 3 to 4 hours.
• For a thicker stew, whisk flour and water together in a bowl until smooth. Pour mixture into stew and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes.