Black-eyed Peas and Ham Hocks recipe

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Ingredients

3 cups water
1 pound dry black-eyed peas
2 smoked ham hocks
salt to taste
½ teaspoon black pepper
1 bay leaf

Nutrition Info

516.1 calories
carbohydrate: 54.7 g
cholesterol: 54.4 mg
fat: 18 g
fiber: 9.7 g
protein: 35 g
saturatedFat: 6.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 58.6 mg
sugar: 6.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Rinse dried peas thoroughly, sorting any tiny pebbles or other debris.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

Recipe Yield

5 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe is in response to 'cutelittlerocker's' request for anything Southern. It is my Mom's recipe, and she was from Arkansas. A portion of the peas may be mashed once cooked, then stirred together with the whole peas and shredded ham hock for a creamier consistency.

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