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Pink-Eyed Pea Pepper Pot

June 2, 2010 by The Runaway Spoon 6 Comments

I love Southern field peas or of all kinds. Crowders, lady, purple hulls, cream peas, black-eyed, pink-eyed, you name it.  And at the beginning of summer, when they show up at the farmer’s market in abundance, I grab them up. I stand around with all the kids, watching them shoot out of the big shelling machine, ready to scoop into paper bags to carry home. 

This recipe, in some ways, goes against everything I believe in.  Peas in a pot with pork.  But I figured I should try something different – even vegetarian.  Peppers and field peas go well together – I frequently throw one in the pot with the pork.  But simmering the fresh peas in a flavorful, peppery broth and stirring through the piquant puree creates a complex dish with enough flavor that you won’t even miss the pork.  I’m a little silly with the alliteration, but you can use any field pea here.

Pink-Eyed Pea Pepper Pot

If you are the spicy type, feel free to add more chile peppers to the broth, though you may want to remove the extras before pureeing.

1 red chile pepper

1 red bell pepper

1 medium sweet yellow onion

4 cloves garlic

½ teaspoon black peppercorns

2 pounds fresh pink-eyed peas

Red pepper hot sauce (I like Crystal Louisiana Hot Sauce)

Place 6 cups of water in a heavy pot.  Remove the stem and seeds from both peppers, cut into chunks and drop into the water.  Add the quartered onion, garlic cloves and peppercorns.  Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat, cover and simmer for an hour.

Strain the broth, reserving the solids, and return the liquid to the pan.  Add the peas, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until the peas are tender, about 30 – 45  minutes. While the peas are simmering, place the reserved solids from the broth in a blender.  Add about ½ cup of the liquid with the peas and puree until smooth.  Push the puree through the strainer to remove any whole peppercorns and tough pepper skin.

When the peas are tender, drain off the cooking liquid.  Return the peas to the pot and stir in the pepper puree.  Liberally salt the peas to taste, and add a dash or two of hot sauce.  Heat to warm through.  Serve hot.

Serves 4- 6

Want some peas with pork? Check out Black-Eyed Peas for Luck and Southern Girl Butter Beans

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Filed Under: Farmers Market, Fruit and Vegetables, Sides, Southern Specialties, Vegetables Tagged With: chile pepper, field peas, pepper, pink-eyed peas, red pepper, Southern specialties

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  1. allison [a for aubergine] says

    June 2, 2010 at 4:55 pm

    I’m from Los Angeles. I’ve never heard of pink-eyed peas. This looks great; I’m intrigued! I also LOVE spicy!

  2. Reliable says

    August 31, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    I think the pink eye is from the spices!!!! Good stuff.

  3. Christy says

    December 7, 2010 at 6:35 pm

    Sounds delicious! I’m very curious about these Pink-eyed Peas! Thanks for sharing. I am going to peek at your other recipes too.

  4. Robert says

    July 24, 2011 at 4:51 pm

    I just so happened to get some pink eyed peas and an assortment of peppers from my local farmers market this week and tried this recipe out. It was fantastic! Tailoring the recipe to my taste I used a habanero pepper as well as a red chile pepper. When I created the pepper puree I added one tomato and some basil and that worked quite nicely to balance out the habanero. Thanks for the recipe!

  5. The Runaway Spoon says

    July 25, 2011 at 11:19 am

    So glad you enjoyed these! And I love hearing about ways people adapt recipes to their own taste. Habanero woould be too hot for me!

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