Happy New Year! Have some deliciousness.
Ingredients
- 2 cups black eyed peas
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ham shank
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 ribs celery chopped
- 1 green pepper chopped (hello trinity)
- 6 garlic cloves, crushed
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- cooked white rice
Directions
- Soak beans with water and baking soda
- In dutch oven, sear ham shank a couple minutes all around, evac
- Reduce heat, sweat veggies
- Return shank to pot, add water to just cover
- Boil, return to simmer, cover and cook 2 hours.
- Skim scum a few times
- After 2 hours add peas, bay, red pepper
- Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer
- Cook 1 hour, uncovered
- Meanwhile make rice
- At the end of an hour, evac meat. Shred – remove really fatty parts. Return meat to pot.
- Adjust seasoning
- Serve over rice
Props
If you haven’t figured out by now that the NYT cooking site is awesome. Maybe the original source of this recipe puts you over the edge.
Categories: Mains