Black Eyed Pea Soup Recipe

A bowl of black eyed pea soup with a serving spoon in it.

Course: Soups

Cuisine: southern food

Diet: Gluten Free

Keyword: Black-eyed pea soup for good luck in the New Year

Prep Time: 10

Cook Time: 40

Total Time: 50

Servings: people

Calories: 246kcal

Filled with pork and greens, this easy black-eyed pea soup recipe is packed with traditional New Year's Day foods! Using canned black-eyed peas and pre-cooked kielbasa in this soup gives you maximum flavor with minimum effort.

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Equipment

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

You can make this easy black-eyed pea soup a few days ahead so all you have to do is re-heat it on New Year's Day. It tastes even better once the flavors have had a chance to meld together.
I use my Lodge enameled cast iron Dutch oven for this recipe. It holds the heat well and cooks everything evenly when going from frying the bacon to sweating the veggies to simmering the soup.

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