Caroles Crowder Peas Recipes

SOUTHERN-STYLE CROWDER PEAS

Steps:

• Place bacon in a skillet over medium-high heat, and cook until evenly brown. Drain and crumble. Mix onion and green bell pepper into the skillet, and cook until tender. Stir in peas and water. Season with garlic powder, thyme, bay leaf, and seasoned salt. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, and simmer 30 to 40 minutes, until peas are tender.
• Mix ham into the skillet. Adjust seasonings to taste. Continue cooking 5 minutes. Stir in fresh parsley just before serving.

ANN CARY RANDOLPH'S PEAS

Steps:

• If using fresh peas, shell. If using frozen, rinse to defrost and drain well.
• Melt butter in pot large enough to hold the peas and stock. Stir in flour until well blended. Let cook a little. Stir in the stock slowly, and whisk to keep lumps from forming. Stick cloves into peeled onion and add to pot along with peas. Cook peas about 15 minutes at a simmer. (Cook frozen peas about five minutes.) Remove the onion; stir in the sugar.
• Whisk the yolks with the water and briskly whisk in a few few spoons of hot stock. Whisking constantly, pour the yolk mixture into the peas and cook over low heat. Cook just below simmer, stirring. When mixture thickens a little, remove; season with salt and serve. Do not let mixture boil or it will curdle.

CAROLE'S CROWDER PEAS

Steps:

• In large saucepot place all ingredients.
• Cook over medium high heat until starting to boil, reduce heat to simmer and cover.
• Simmer for 30 minutes, until all veggies are tender.
• Remove cover and let simmer until the liquid is reduced to your liking.
• I serve mine over corn bread so I like it alittle"juicy".
• Serve with corn bread, or rice and hot sauce to taste.

CROWDER PEAS / BLACK EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large skillet until crispy then remove and dry.
• If you used turkey bacon there won't be a lot of greece so you need to add a bit of oil to cook the onion, pepper and garlic. Cook these on medium low for 15-20 minutes (until they are soft and sweet). Make sure that you scrape up all of the yummy bacon flavor from the pan while you're at it.
• Stir in the peas and the broth.
• Season with the pepper flakes, bay leaf, thyme and seasoned salt and let it simmer over medium low for about 30 minutes (until the peas are tender).
• Add the bacon and the ham and cook for another few minutes.
• If the dish looks too watery at this point add the following: Mix 1-2 T flour into a bit of milk then stir it into the pea mixture. Cook a few more minutes to thicken up the mix.