Trinidadian Black Eyed Pea Soup Recipes

TRINIDADIAN BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Add oil to a large pan over medium-high heat.
• Add in the bell pepper, onion, and carrots.
• Stir/saute for 3 minutes or until the onion turns translucent and slightly browned at the edges.
• Add in the cilantro; stir once.
• Add in the peas, stock, rice, ginger, allspice, thyme, mustard, and chile pepper.
• Stir and bring to a boil.
• Cover; lower heat to LOW and simmer gently for 1 1/2 hours--stir occasionally.
• Add salt and more pepper to taste if needed.
• Serve garnished with chives and with a lemon or lime wedge on the side.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Sort through the peas and pick out any pebbles or other debris. Rinse the peas under cold water. Put the peas in a 5-quart Dutch oven and cover with 5 cups cold water. Place over high heat and bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat, cover and let peas soak for 1 hour.
• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crispy, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate to cool. When cool, crumble the bacon and set aside. Add the oil to the skillet with the bacon fat Add the onions, carrots and celery and cook, stirring frequently, until tender, about 10 minutes. Add the collard greens and garlic and cook until the garlic is fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the vegetables to the Dutch oven along with the chicken broth, ham hock, crumbled bacon, rice and 4 cups water. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, covered, until the peas and rice are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Remove the ham hock from the Dutch oven. Discard the skin and bone. Chop the meat into small pieces and return it to the Dutch oven. Season the soup with salt and pepper.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Place beans in a saucepan and cover with a generous quantity of water. Bring to a boil and cook, uncovered, until beans are tender, about 1 hour. Meanwhile, melt butter in a heavy bottomed stockpot, add onions and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add dry spices and fry gently until aromas are released.
• Drain excess water off beans and add to stockpot, along with salt and stock or water. Cook gently over low heat until flavors are combined, about 20 minutes. Add tomatoes, brown sugar, and oregano, and cook an additional 10 minutes. Serve hot garnished with plain yogurt.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, cook and stir the pork sausage and ground beef with the onion over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink, 10 to 12 minutes; drain off excess fat. Pour in the water, and stir in black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, tomatoes with green chiles, Worcestershire sauce, garlic salt, salt, canned green chilies, molasses, beef bouillon cubes, black pepper, and cumin until thoroughly mixed.
• Bring the soup to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, cover, and simmer for 45 minutes.

BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Soak peas in water overnight.
• Combine stock,Sherry and ham hock in large saucepan and bring to boil.
• Add onion,celery,bay leaf and garlic and boil until onion is soft, about 15 minutes.
• Drain peas, add to soup and simmer until tender, about 1 hour.
• If desired, remove ham hock, let cool, dice meat and add back to soup.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

EASY BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the hot skillet until sausage is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain and discard grease.
• Place cooked sausage mixture, chicken stock, black-eyed peas, diced tomatoes, pepper, oregano, and rosemary in a medium to large soup pot; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.