Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade My Southern Black Eyed Peas with Collard Greens

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Southern black eyed peas with collard greens is a New Year's special meal that I grew up on every year. Tasty by themselves - even better combined into one dish! I have loaded the peas and greens with leftover ham chunks in order to heighten the flavor even more. You could use a ham hock.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook my southern black eyed peas with collard greens using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make My Southern Black Eyed Peas with Collard Greens:

1. Make ready 14 oz cooked organic black eyed peas
2. Take 1 tbsp olive oil
3. Take 4 cloves galric minced
4. Take 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
5. Get 1 tsp salt
6. Prepare 1 tbsp brown sugar
7. Get 1 bay leaf
8. Get 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
9. Get 1/2 cup water
10. Prepare 2 strips applewood smoked bacon or 1 tbsp olive oil for vegan
11. Take 1 large bunch collard greens chopped into strips (about 5 cups.)

This classic southern collard greens recipe is packed solid with bright greens and protein-rich black-eyed peas. This dish is a southern favorite Black-eyed peas are smaller than other beans you might be accustomed to like black beans, pinto beans or cannellini beans and pair nicely with. Learn how to make tried and trie southern black eyed peas. Full of flavor, easy to make.

Steps to make My Southern Black Eyed Peas with Collard Greens:

1. In a large pot with a lid, heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, salt and bay leaf and stir for 3 minutes. Take bay leaf out.
2. Add the chopped collard greens, vinegar and water and stir. It's possible that all of your greens wont fit in the pot, so add a few handfuls at a time as they wilt.
3. Then add the peas. Cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, checking occasionally and adding more water as necessary.
4. In a separate pan, cook the bacon over medium high heat until crispy. Remove the bacon and reserve for another use and add the onions to the pan. (I used bacon bits this time.) Came out delicious.
5. Cook the onions in the bacon grease for about 5 minutes or until just translucent. If you used bacon bits just throw the bacon bits and onion in the pot with the greens.
6. When the greens are cooked to your liking add the brown sugar, stir until combined and serve.

Learn how to make tried and trie southern black eyed peas. Full of flavor, easy to make. Seasoned with broth, smoked meat, garlic, onions, and spices. Nothing says Happy New Years better than a pot of soulful black-eyed eyed peas & soul food collard greens! These crock pot black-eyed peas and collard greens make a fabulous meal with baked cornbread and a salad.

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