Black-Eyed-Peas

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to you, Michael. It's New Year's Day, and we're cooking up everything

that's going to bring us luck, health, and financial security this year

Now, we're going to cook a pot of black-eyed peas, but we're going to change them up just a wee little bit

And Michael is going to love these because they're going to have a little bite to them

I like hot stuff. Michael likes hot stuff. He likes to keep a rag by his plate

and he likes to sweat and have something to dab the sweat off his face

Our black-eyed peas are dried, and we have pre-soaked these. If you'll soak them overnight, they'll cook quicker for you

And Michael's cutting us up some onion, and I am going to put our hog jowl in our pot

because remember, you know, I said hog jowl is a tradition for your health

So we're just going to let that cook around in there. We're gonna put some chili powder in there

and we're gonna put a can of diced tomatoes with green chilies And they are gonna be so good And Michael tells me all the time Michael cooks the best dried peas and beans

you've ever put in your mouth. Because he puts so much meat in them

that you can't figure out if it's beans with a little meat

or meat with a few beans. Just like my beans. My beans are like a meal

Yes. You know how I learned how to do that? How? My first job, I was on a little tugboat

and the guy, he would buy this big roll of bologna with, you know, that's wrapped in red

Yeah. Buy a big roll of loaf of bread and beans. Every day we'd have beans and bologna sandwiches

That's what we would eat. I bet there was so much Putin going on on that ship

It was just he and I, so. All right. So we're just gonna brown off our hog jowl

I know you're about to die to throw that crumbled bacon in there, so go ahead

You ready? Go ahead, Papa. Okay. Pour that in. So that's going to give us a good bit of meat for our black-eyed peas

And I'm going to go ahead and put in a teaspoon of chili powder

And I'm going to go ahead and add our can of diced tomatoes with green chilies

Yes, yes, yes. And you're hardly going to know that those tomatoes are in

there y when we get them all cooked off You hardly going to see them So I going to add our pound of black peas

So let's start adding our water, peeps. I've got another story about the tugboats

Moe, moe, moe. There was this one guy, the captain told him to go make some dried beans

And so he said, OK. So he went down there. Moe, moe, moe, peeps

So I smelled something burning. and the two worst fears on a boat is sinking and burning

So I smelled something, so I ran down to the engine room, looked around, didn't see anything

So I ran back up on the stove. Uh-huh. He had put the pack of beans in a pot

with no water in it or anything. Oh, no. And he was cooking

I said, what are you doing? He says, I'm cooking dried beans

I said, well, they're dry enough. They're not going to get any drier than that

I'm going to add our house seasoning because, remember, we got that garlic and the pepper

and the onion powder, everything in there. All right, and to make sure our vegetables are nice and tasty

I'm going to put a little butter. Imagine that. All right, so we're going to put the lid on these

and I'm probably going to cook these for about an hour and a half, y'all

And I may have to come back and add some more water, But I'll watch them

So, Michael, this is hot and thick. But you want to cook them real low because they scorch Stick to the bottom if you don Ooh those are good And look at these They got the gravy like Peeps line Yeah yeah That perfect Don they look good Michael

Yes. All right, Michael, I'll scrape if you'll hold. Yummy. I have fed y'all collard greens

Now I'm going to serve y'all black-eyed peas. And not too long from now, I'm going to send y'all home

How long is that? Because y'all are going to feel your stomachs rumbling

And I want y'all to be somewhere where you're comfortable and maybe in private

All right, so y'all come up here and get you some. And I hope you like them

Like I said, this is just a new little twist, okay? So there we go

We got our collard greens, y'all. We got our black-eyed peas. We've got almost everything to make this New Year's Day complete

So you know where to find these recipes right here on the Paula Deen Network

with a lot of good things to go with it. Thank you