Best Black Eyed Peas With Rice Recipes

EASY BLACK EYED PEAS AND RICE (INSTANT POT/STOVE TOP!)

Steps:

• Drain and rinse black-eyed peas in a colander

CAJUN RICE AND BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• In a pot heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Stir in onion, celery, carrot, garlic powder, Cajun seasoning, and salt; cook, stirring occasionally, 3-4 minutes.
• Add broth; bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice.
• Reduce heat to medium-low.
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Stir in black-eyed peas.
• Cover and simmer for 5 more minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in parsley flakes.
• Serve.

BLACK-EYED PEAS AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• Put the rice in a large bowl and gently separate the grains and break apart any lumps.
• In a large frying pan, bring the water, onion, celery, garlic, and pepper to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Add the black-eyed peas and squash and return to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the peas and squash are tender and most of the water has evaporated, about 20 minutes.
• Add the rice, bell pepper, and pepper sauce and, stirring and tossing frequently, simmer until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• To serve, transfer to a bowl.

BLACK-EYED PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Combine water, say sauce, salt garlic powder, curry powder and cooked peas. Add rice by pouring it into the center of the pot until it reaches the top of the water line-NO MORE. Stir well and cover. Continue cooking on a medium to low flame until rice is fluffy and cooked through.

CREOLE BLACK-EYED PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef into a deep skillet or large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and green pepper. Cook and stir until beef is evenly browned. Drain the grease.
• Add the rice and water to the pan, and season with Creole seasoning, pepper, and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer for 30 minutes, until the water is absorbed. About halfway through cooking the rice, stir in the black-eyed peas.

HOPPIN' JOHN -- RICE AND BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• In a 4 qt or pan brown bacon and cook onion in bacon grease until the onion is transparent. ** For vegan, omit bacon and use approximately 1/4 cup of vegetable oil to cook onion.
• Add uncooked rice, black eyed peas (with juice) and water to your bacon onion mixture. Mix well. **For vegan add liquid smoke at this point to replace the smoke flavor that would have been added by the bacon.
• Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to medium.
• When the tops of the bursting bubbles of boiling water are all of the liquid that can be seen above the rice, remove the pan from the heat and cover.
• Wait at least twenty minutes, WITHOUT PEEKING!
• Don't do it. You'll loose precious heat and steam.
• Serve with bread of your choice, or with the veggies of your choice and plenty of hot sauce. Of course, the variety of hot sauce you choose will depend on your tolerance for heat. If you would like, this could be served as a side dish, as well.

SOUTHERN STYLE BLACK-EYED PEAS & RICE

Steps:

• have cooked black-eyed peas and rice ready.
• in 2 qt saucepan melt butter, stir in spinach and bacon, cook over med heat stirring occasionally until spinach is tender.
• stir in black-eyed peas, rice and remaining ingredients (except cheddar cheese).
• continue cooking stirring occasionally until heated through.
• just before serving stir in cheddar cheese.
• *10 oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained can be substituted for 4 cups fresh spinach.

BLACK EYED PEAS WITH RICE

Steps:

• Wash the peas; place in large pot. Cover with water. Bring to boil. Once it reaches a boil, remove from heat, cover and let sit for 1 hour. After the 1 hour is up, drain the peas and set aside.
• Add oil to pot; sauté the ham hock, onion, and celery until tender.
• Add the garlic and sauté 2 minutes more.
• Add peas cover with water about 1 to 11/2 inch over peas.
• Add pepper, parsley, and about 1 teaspoon of salt to start with.
• Bring to boil; stir, reduce heat and simmer about 2 hours, or until peas are tender. Keep checking every once in a while to see if more water is needed, and taste to see if more salt is needed.
• Stir occasionally.
• Water will turn into a gravy; serve over rice.