Black Eyed Peas With Ham Hock Slow Cooker Food

CROCK POT BLACK EYED PEAS WITH HAM HOCK

Steps:

• Add soaked and rinsed black eyed peas to slow cooker.
• Add the remaining ingredients and cook 6 hours on high (8-10 hours on low).
• Remove ham/pork hock and let cool. Reduce slow cooker heat to low or warm.
• Once ham/pork hock is cooled, separate meat from fat and bone and add back to slow cooker in small pieces.
• Stir and serve hot.

SLOW COOKER BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Put black-eyed peas into a large container with enough cool water to cover by a few inches; soak 8 hours to overnight.
• Put ham hocks into a stockpot with 6 cups water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer until meat is falling off bone, about 90 minutes. Remove ham hocks and reserve for another use. Refrigerate the ham stock, 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain and rinse black-eyed peas thoroughly; transfer to a slow cooker. Bury one of the cooked ham hocks in the peas; add onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and sugar.
• Skim congealed fat from surface of ham stock; discard. Pour stock into slow cooker. Add enough water to cover the peas by 1 1/2 inches.
• Cook on Low for 14 hours. Season with salt.

CROCK-POT SOUTHERN BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH HAM HOCK

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the peas in a large saucepan or Dutch oven and cover with water to at least 3 inches over the peas. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, then simmer for 15 minutes, drain, and reserve.
• Place the ham hock, onion, celery, carrots, bacon, cayenne pepper, and garlic in the slow cooker. Add 3 cups of water.
• Cover the ingredients and cook on high for 1 hour.
• Add the drained peas to the slow cooker.
• Set the crock pot on low, cover, and cook for 5 to 7 hours, stirring halfway.
• Once the cooking time is done, remove the ham hock from the pot, pick the meat, and shred it or chop it depending on your preference. Add the meat back to the peas.
• Taste for seasoning and add kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed. Stir well.
• Serve the peas with your favorite sides and enjoy.

SPICY HAM HOCKS AND BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Place black-eyed peas in a large deep pan.
• Cover with enough water to be about 2-inches deep over peas.
• Bring to a boil, boil 3 minutes, then remove from heat.
• Cover and allow to sit for 1 hour.
• Drain water off of black-eyed peas.
• Add the broth, 2 cups of water, ham hocks, onions, celery, carrots, jalapenos, salt and pepper to the black-eyed peas and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and cook, covered, for about 1 hour, or until black-eyed peas are tender, stirring occasionally.

BLACK-EYED PEAS AND HAM HOCKS

Steps:

• Rinse dried peas thoroughly, sorting any tiny pebbles or other debris.
• In a large stockpot, bring 3 cups of water to a boil with black-eyed peas, ham hocks, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Reduce to a simmer and cook, uncovered, 1 1/2 hours, or until peas and ham hocks are tender. If ham hocks require further cooking, simmer in water in a separate pot until meat is easily pulled from the bone.
• Cool ham hocks and remove all meat from the bone. Stir ham into the peas, adjust seasoning with salt and pepper as needed, and serve.

SOUTHERN HAM HOCK BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Add peas to a large dutch oven.
• Add chicken stock, water, onions and ham hocks.
• Bring to a boil, cover and reduce heat to simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove lid and add chopped garlic and jalapeños, cover and simmer another 30 minutes or until they are tender.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove ham hocks before serving. (You can add the meat from the hocks if you desire. I don't).
• Enjoy.

BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH HAM HOCKS

Steps:

• Rinse peas well and pick out dirt and stones (I do not soak mine).
• Add to a large stock pot.
• Fill with water up to a little over half full (you may need to add more water (hot) as you go).
• Add ham hocks, salt and pepper (be careful not to add too much salt because of the ham hocks).
• Bring to a rapid boil for about 20 minutes. stirring so the peas don't stick.
• Put on low and simmer 2 1/2 to 3 hours, stirring every so often.
• When done, you can serve it by itself or over rice.