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Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Soup

Sue Lau
4.80 from 10 votes
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Total Time 14 hours
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American, Cajun
Servings 10
Calories 317 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 slow cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 16 ounces dried black-eyed peas
  • 1 cup chopped celery
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 1 cup chopped carrots or 1 cup chopped bell pepper may mix
  • 5 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 -2 bay leaf
  • 1 lb smoked sausage or 1 lb andouille sausages or 1 lb kielbasa cut into chunks
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1 tablespoon cajun spices or 1 tablespoon spice essence
  • 49 1/2 ounces chicken broth large can
  • cayenne pepper sauce or Tabasco sauce to taste

Instructions
 

  • Sort peas and soak in plenty of water overnight.
  • Before cooking, drain and rinse.
  • Place all ingredients into crock pot and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until peas are nicely tender.
  • Remove bay leaves before serving.
  • Serve with additional tabasco, if desired.

Notes

Note: You can always use the three minute boil on the peas as a head start if you forget to soak overnight.
You *can* cook legumes without soaking them, it just takes longer.
From the kitchen of palatablepastime.com

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 317kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 18gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 1163mgPotassium: 732mgFiber: 6gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 2257IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 97mgIron: 5mg
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