Best Spicy Black Eyed Pea Skillet Recipes

OLE MISS BLACK-EYED PEA AND SAUSAGE CORNBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°; grease a large baking dish with butter and set aside.
• In a skillet, break up the sausage, add in the onion, and cook over medium heat, stirring, until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Drain the sausage and onion on paper towels.
• In a big bowl, whisk the cornmeal, flour, salt, pepper, and baking soda together.
• In another bowl, whisk the buttermilk, oil, and eggs together; add to the dry mixture, and stir just until the dry mixture is moistened (do not overmix, the batter should be slight lumpy).
• Add the cheese, black-eyed peas, and chiles; stir until blended.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared dish; bake until golden brown, about 40-50 minutes.
• Let cool about 10 minutes before serving.

SPICY CHIPOTLE BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a skillet; cook and stir the orange bell pepper, celery, carrot, onion, and garlic in the hot oil until the onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a slow cooker; mix in the black-eyed peas, water, and vegetable base, stirring to dissolve the vegetable base. Stir in the chipotle peppers, about 1 tablespoon of the reserved adobo sauce (or to taste), liquid smoke, cumin, and black pepper.
• Cook in the slow cooker on Low until the black-eyed peas are very tender and the flavors are blended, about 8 hours.

SPICY BLACK-EYED PEA DIP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine the bell pepper, celery, onion, black pepper, Tabasco, ketchup, salt, bullion cubes, nutmeg and cinnamon. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until mixture is boiling and bullion cubes are dissolved.
• Add peas, Rotel, garlic, and sugar and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Stir flour into warm bacon drippings (that way the flour doesn't lump) and stir flour/dripping mixture into peas.
• Cook ten minutes more. Mixture should be thick enough to use as dip. I reserve the liquid from the canned peas "just in case" but usually the thickness is just right or maybe only a little bit of liquid is needed- I wait till the end of cooking to see.
• Scoop a couple of cups of the finished peas out and set aside. Using a blender, food processor, or stick blender, blend the most of the peas to a medium-smooth dip, then return the couple of cups of whole peas back in, stir, and serve. Mashing the most of the peas makes a nice smooth dip that clings to a chip well, while leaving a small portion of them whole makes a nice presentation.
• Serve with Frito Scoop chips or corn bread.