Filled with pork and greens, this easy black-eyed pea soup recipe is packed with lucky foods for the New Year! Using canned black-eyed peas and pre-cooked kielbasa in this soup gives you maximum flavor with minimum effort.
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read my full disclosure policy here.
Ah, the New Year approaches. So many things to look forward to. Like Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper on CNN and all of those year-end wrap-ups on the morning news shows. But truly, we look forward to it filled with hope and optimism, and with good intentions to start anew. Resolutions, revelations, plans and excitement.
To accomplish it all, you’ll need strength, determination and willpower.
Lots of luck and a little extra cash wouldn’t hurt either.
What are the traditional foods for New Year’s Day?
On New Year’s Day we all want to eat foods that will bring wealth, good luck, prosperity, and will keep us progressing forward. Some traditional New Year’s Day foods are:
- Pork
- Black-Eyed Peas
- Greens
- Cornbread
- Ring-shaped foods
- Pomegranate
I want you to have good luck and prosperity in the New Year, so I suggest you make this easy soup recipe, pronto.
It’s filled with many of the traditional New Year’s Day foods. Greens and black-eyed peas to bring money and prosperity, and pork to keep you moving forward toward bigger and better things. You can make it ahead, so it’s ready on New Year’s Day when you’re too tired and hungover to do anything but reheat.
This black-eyed pea soup is full of rich flavor from kielbasa and bacon. The longer it simmers, the more pork-y flavor, and the more earthiness from the black-eyed peas.
Serve it with cornbread – another lucky New Year’s Day food – and add a splash of vinegar and/or hot sauce if you so desire.
Then get to binge-watching Sherlock in your jammies.
Happy New Year!
The important thing about this black-eyed pea soup recipe is keeping it simple and easy. You’ve already gone all out and pulled out all the stops for the entire holiday season. Now you can relax.
Using pre-cooked kielbasa and canned black-eyed peas makes for quick prep, so all you really have to do is let it simmer to lock in the flavor.
Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Place a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. I use my Lodge enameled cast iron dutch oven for this recipe. Cook bacon and kielbasa until bacon is crisp and kielbasa is browned.
Remove bacon and kielbasa from pot and drain excess grease. In the same pot, cook carrots and onion until onion is translucent and carrots soften.
Add bacon, kielbasa, black-eyed peas and chicken stock to the pot and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat to simmer and add kale. Simmer at least 20 minutes until all flavors are melded, or longer if you wish.
Serve with cornbread.
More hearty soup recipes
Ingredients
- 3-4 slices bacon cut into small squares
- 1 smoked kielbasa sausage
- 3-4 carrots diced
- 1 onion diced
- 2 cans black-eyed peas
- 6 cups kale roughly chopped, stems removed
- 8 cups low sodium chicken stock
- kosher salt to taste
- cracked black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Dice the onion and carrots. Cut bacon into small squares, slice kielbasa.
- In a heavy bottomed pot over medium heat, cook bacon and kielbasa until bacon is crisp and kielbasa is browned. Remove from pot and drain excess grease.
- In the same pot, cook carrots and onion until onion is translucent and carrots soften.
- Add bacon, kielbasa, black-eyed peas and chicken stock to the pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and add kale. Simmer about 20 minutes until all flavors are melded, or longer if you wish.
Notes
This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read my full disclosure policy here.
Leave a Reply