BLACK-EYED PEA SAUSAGE DIP

Black-Eyed Pea Sausage Dip image

If you do not really care for black-eyed peas but want to bring good luck for the New Year, try this recipe. Put this in the slow cooker the night before and have an amazing dip the next evening! Serve this at a party as a dip or serve with cornbread for a meal. Very versatile recipe. Serve hot with tortilla chips or crackers.

Provided by hstar07

Categories Appetizers and Snacks Dips and Spreads Recipes Bean Dip Recipes

Time 16h20m

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 large onion, chopped
4 stalks celery, chopped
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (12 ounce) package reduced fat pork sausage
3 (15.5 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, undrained
2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chiles (such as Rotel®)

Steps:

Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Scoop vegetables into a slow cooker.
Place sausage in the same skillet. Cook, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker; pour in black-eyed peas and diced tomatoes with green chiles.
Cook on Low until black-eyed peas are tender, about 16 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 170.1 calories, Carbohydrate 16 g, Cholesterol 20.4 mg, Fat 8.2 g, Fiber 4.1 g, Protein 8.3 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 520.7 mg, Sugar 0.6 g