Crock Pot Black Eyed Peas With Ham Hock Food

CROCK POT BLACK EYED PEAS AND HAM

Steps:

• Drain soaked black eyed peas and place in the bottom of a 6 quart slow cooker.
• Then pour tomatoes over black eyed peas and add garlic, water, bouillon, peppers and stir well.
• Nestle ham bone down in black eyed peas, season with salt and pepper and cover.
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours or until the black eyed peas are tender, stirring a few times over the cooking period.
• Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper if desired.

SLOW-COOKER HAM AND BLACK-EYED PEA SOUP

Steps:

• Spray 5-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrots and celery; cook and stir 5 to 6 minutes or until vegetables soften. Add garlic and thyme; cook and stir 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker.
• Add broth, black-eyed peas and ham hock to slow cooker.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours or until meat on ham hock is tender and easily separated from bone.
• Remove ham hock. Remove ham from bone; discard bone. Shred ham; return to slow cooker, and stir.
• Skim off any excess fat from top of soup. Add parsley, and serve.

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.

CROCK POT BLACK-EYED PEAS & HAM

Steps:

• 1. Rinse peas. Drain and place in Crock Pot.
• 2. Pour in chicken broth. Add water to bring the liquid just to the top of the peas.
• 3. Bury the ham bone down into the peas. (If you don't have a bone I use chunks of ham and it works just as well.)
• 4. Add the chopped onion, bay leaves, can of Rotel tomatoes, and garlic powder.
• 5. Cover and set Crock Pot to low for 8 hrs.
• 6. At that time, remove bone. Remove any meat from the bone. Cut into bite-sized pieces (you want about two cups total).
• 7. Add ham to the Crock Pot. Recover and continue to cook for 2 more hours.
• 8. Remove bay leaves. Serve with cornbread and enjoy!
• 9. Note: If you do not use a ham bone and have only chunks of ham then just cook on low for 10 hrs and increase the amount of ham to about 3 cups. I use a 6 qt Crock Pot and it is full when all ingredients are added. If you are having trouble with room in the pot you can adjust the liquid to less.

BLACK-EYED PEAS WITH HAM HOCK AND COLLARDS

Steps:

• Drain peas and put them in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed soup pot. Add ham hock or bone (if using slab bacon, cut it into 2-inch chunks), cover with 10 cups water and turn heat to high. Add salt, onion stuck with cloves, bay leaf, black pepper and allspice.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a gentle simmer. Skim off and discard any foam that rises to the surface. Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until peas are tender. Throughout cooking, add water as necessary, always keeping liquid level 1 inch above surface, stirring with wooden spoon occasionally. Turn off heat. Check broth for salt and adjust seasoning. Mixture should be fairly brothy. With a pair of tongs, remove ham hock, ham bone or bacon. Chop meat and skin in rough pieces and set aside.
• Put a large wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add vegetable oil and heat until wavy. Add garlic and red pepper and let sizzle without browning. Add collard greens and stir to coat. Season with salt and add 1 cup water, stirring to help wilt greens. Add chopped ham and reduce heat to medium, then cover with lid slightly ajar and cook until greens are soft, about 20 minutes. Check seasoning.
• To serve, put greens and meat in low soup bowls, then ladle over hot black-eyed peas. Sprinkle with scallions.

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.