Best Smoked Turkey And Blackeye Peas Crockpot Recipes

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TAM'S BLACK EYE PEAS



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Southern comfort food to warm the heart! Goes GREAT with hot water cornbread!! Use beef smoked sausage if you prefer.

Provided by That Girl Tam

Categories     Side Dish     Vegetables     Green Peas

Time 2h30m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 smoked turkey leg
3 links hot beef link sausage, diced
ΒΌ cup finely chopped onion
1 tablespoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon seasoned salt
6 cups water, or as needed
3 (16 ounce) packages frozen black-eyed peas
1 teaspoon white sugar

Steps:

  • Place the smoked turkey leg, sausage, onion, garlic salt, black pepper, and seasoned salt into a large soup pot; pour in water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until the meat is tender, about 1 hour.
  • Stir the black-eyed peas into the soup, adding more water as needed to cover peas by 1 inch. Bring to a boil. Again reduce heat and simmer until the peas are tender and have begun to break apart, about 1 more hour.
  • Remove turkey bones and tendons from the turkey meat and discard the bones. Add sugar and simmer until the soup is slightly creamy and thickened, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes

Nutrition Facts : Calories 131.6 calories, Carbohydrate 13.4 g, Cholesterol 18.6 mg, Fat 4.3 g, Fiber 3.1 g, Protein 9.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 946 mg, Sugar 0.4 g

SMOKED TURKEY AND BLACKEYE PEAS CROCKPOT RECIPE



Smoked Turkey and Blackeye Peas Crockpot recipe image

Our local meat market (Cason's in North Portland) has these glorious smoked turkey legs. Every time we go in there we try to think of what we can do with one of those things. Well, this is what I came up with and it's fantastic!

Provided by Kathryn Mason

Categories     Other Side Dishes

Time 6h15m

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 lb dry blackeye peas, soaked overnight
1 smoked turkey leg
1 small red onion
2 stalk(s) celery
3 clove garlic
1 Tbsp creole seasoning
1 bunch thyme, leaves
3 bay leaves
1 tsp kosher salt (to taste depending on creole seasoning)
2 c chicken stock
water to cover

Steps:

  • 1. Soak beans overnight and rinse. Add to 6+ qt. crock pot. Nestle smoked turkey leg into beans.
  • 2. Pour in 2 cups chicken stock then cover beans with water.
  • 3. Chop onion, celery and garlic. Add to pot with remaining ingredients.
  • 4. Cook on low 5-6 hours until beans are tender and turkey is cooked.
  • 5. Remove turkey carefully onto plate and cool enough to handle, then shred turkey meat back into crock pot. Serve and enjoy!

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