slow cooker black-eyed peas

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
• 3 smoked ham hocks, or more to taste
• 6 cups water, plus more as needed
• 1 onion, chopped small
• 1 large clove garlic, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1/8 teaspoon white sugar
• salt to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 hrs 30 mins

Ready Time: 23 hrs 40 mins


• put black-eyed peas into a large container with enough cool water to cover by a few inches; soak 8 hours to overnight.
• put ham hocks into a stockpot with 6 cups water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer until meat is falling off bone, about 90 minutes. remove ham hocks and reserve for another use. refrigerate the ham stock, 8 hours to overnight.
• drain and rinse black-eyed peas thoroughly; transfer to a slow cooker. bury one of the cooked ham hocks in the peas; add onion, garlic, red pepper flakes, and sugar.
• skim congealed fat from surface of ham stock; discard. pour stock into slow cooker. add enough water to cover the peas by 1 1/2 inches.
• cook on low for 14 hours. season with salt.