Mama Vis Creole Black Eyed Peas Recipes

CREOLE BLACK EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Soak the peas overnight in cold water. Drain.
• Heat the oil in a heavy pot. Add onion, pepper, and celery, sweat over low heat until softened.
• Stir in garlic, continue stirring until garlic releases it's aroma.
• Add all remaining ingredients except liquid smoke to the pot, along with enough additional water to cover the peas by one inch. Cook until peas are completely tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours, adding more water as necessary. When they're tender, add the Liquid Smoke, cook for 5 more minutes, and serve over rice.

CREOLE BLACK-EYED PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef into a deep skillet or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and green pepper. Cook and stir until beef is evenly browned. Drain the grease.
• Add the rice and water to the pan, and season with Creole seasoning, pepper, and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 30 minutes, until the water is absorbed. About halfway through cooking the rice, stir in the black-eyed peas.

MAMA AMANDA'S BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Take your bacon in a cast iron skillet and fry until crispy.
• You will have bits of crunchy goodness in bottom of pan.
• Take diced onion and cook in drippings until translucent.
• Add garlic and stir for just a moment or two.
• Pour in broth and de-glaze pan by scraping up all of the bacon yummies.
• Pour in Peas and stir together.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and add garlic powder.
• Cover and let cook for about 2 hours.

CREOLE-STYLE BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Sort & rinse peas.
• In a medium saucepan over high heat, combine black-eyed peas with water to cover. Bring to a boil for 2 minutes, cover, remove from heat and let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain the water, leaving the peas in the saucepan. Add 2c broth, tomatoes, onion, celery, garlic, mustard, ginger, cayenne pepper and bay leaf. Stir together and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer slowly for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add water as necessary to keep the peas covered with liquid.
• Remove the bay leaf, pour into a serving bowl and garnish with parsley. Serve immediately with rice.

CREOLE BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Wash peas and soak overnight in cold water.
• Drain peas.
• Place all ingredients in large pot, add 2 quarts water.
• Cook at least 2 hours or until peas are tender.
• Additional water may be needed.

MAMA VI'S 'CREOLE BLACK EYED PEAS'

Steps:

• Saute diced bell pepper,celery and onions in bacon fat.
• Add powdered spices,salt & pepper to sauteeing vegetables.
• Add frozen black eyed peas to sauteeing vegetables & spices and stir around in mixture.
• Add and stir in the tomato sauce and one cup of water to prevent sticking or burning of sauce while simmering.
• Add fried bacon back into the mixture.
• Simmer covered on medium low about 20 minutes or until peas are soft (checking & stirring occasionally).
• If mixture gets too thick, add a little more water.