31 Timeless Black-Eyed Peas Recipes with a Modern Twist
Black-eyed peas have long been a New Year favorite, symbolizing luck, prosperity, and a fresh start. Whether you’re honoring tradition or looking to try something new, these 31 timeless black-eyed peas recipes add a modern twist to a classic celebration dish.
From cozy comfort foods to bold, updated flavors, each recipe is perfect for welcoming the New Year with meaning and great taste.
New Year’s Black Eyed Peas
Serving black eyed peas on New Year’s Day is a southern tradition that has been handed down for as long as I can remember. Legend has it if you start your New Year with a bowl of black eyed peas you will have a year full of prosperity, so let’s get cooking!
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Black-Eyed Pea Soup
Black-Eyed Pea Soup, full of carrots, celery, onions, and collard greens, is the epitome of a lucky New Year’s Day dish. With black-eyed peas for luck and greens, which symbolize money, you can’t go wrong with this nutritious and delicious soup to welcome in the new year.
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Black-Eyed Peas Curry with Yogurt Gravy
This Punjabi-style black-eyed peas curry is a flavorful stew made with onion, garlic, ginger, spices, and tomato, in a rich and creamy yogurt gravy. The yogurt makes your curry velvety-smooth, and just a tad tangy.
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Southern Style Black Eyed Peas
Like most Southern dishes, these black eyed peas are packed with flavor from just a few simple ingredients. It’s the perfect comfort food! This simple recipe gets a thick, flavorful broth from smoky pork and a long cook time.
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Lobia (Black Eyed Peas Curry)
Lobia is a nutritious and delicious, popular Indian curry made with black eyed peas, simmered in an onion, tomato base sauce, and some aromatic Indian spices. Enjoy this vegan and gluten free lobia dal over steamed white rice or some naan.
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Black-Eyed Peas and Rice (Hoppin’ John)
Eating Black-Eyed Peas and Rice, also known as Hoppin’ John, is a New Year’s Day tradition in the South! It is said that eating black-eyed peas will bring good luck and prosperity in the new year, and most southerners are more than happy to honor this age-old custom.
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Slow Cooker Lucky Black Eyed Peas and Ham
For the past five years I’ve made a dish with black eyed peas in it for good luck to usher in the new year. Legend and social practice hold that it must be the first thing eaten in the New Year to tease forth the good fortune for the upcoming year.
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Air Fryer Black Eyed Peas
Black eyed peas are a classic New Year’s dish, which can be prepared in a lot of different ways. I make these air fryer black eyed peas which come out crispy and delicious, making for the perfect snack to enjoy all night. You can change up the seasonings to make them just the way you like!
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Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Salad
Spicy Black-Eyed Pea Salad is super easy and full of fresh flavor. The black-eyed peas are coated with a vinaigrette-style dressing that’s full of garlic and fresh cilantro. This is a classic Cowboy Caviar but served with salad greens for a crunchy and refreshing twist.
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Mediterranean Black Eyed Pea Salad with Fresh Herbs and Olives
Mediterranean black eyed pea salad is easy to make in just 15 minutes. This simple bean salad features red bell pepper, green onions, Kalamata olives, and fresh herbs, all tossed in a Greek vinaigrette made with olive oil, red wine vinegar, and dried oregano.
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Mississippi Caviar
Mississippi Caviar is one of those hearty and refreshing appetizers that hits the spot and brings people together. You’ve got black-eyed peas, which are a Southern staple, mixed in with veggies like corn, bell peppers, onions, Rotel tomatoes, and zesty Italian dressing.
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Curried Black Eyed Pea Salad Sandwiches
An easy healthy lunch recipe for any day of the week. Curried Black Eyed Pea Salad Sandwiches that are gluten-free, vegan, and top 8 allergy-free. Easy to whip up on your meal prep days and have ready to go in the fridge!
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Black Eyed Pea Dip
Black Eyed Pea Dip is a chunky vegan bean salad featuring avocado, green olives, corn, red bell pepper, and a tangy dressing. Enjoy this dish for luck on New Year’s Day or anytime of the year. It’s easy to prepare in just 15 minutes!
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Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
This Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas recipe is an easy Southern-style side dish cooked in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot. Start with dried black-eyed peas for this quick and easy recipe with no-soak and soaked cooking times.
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Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas
Make a new tradition with this slow cooker black-eyed pea recipe and bring yourself good luck by making these on New Year’s Day! These southern-style black-eyed peas are slow-cooked with ham, bacon, and onion and make a perfect meal.
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Brothy Black Eyed Peas
Looking for a flavorful, hearty dish to kick off the new year or add to your weeknight rotation? This Black-Eyed Peas Recipe is bursting with rich, warm spices and topped with a delicious charred tomato-onion mix.
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Southern Braised Chicken with Black Eyed Peas
Southern Braised Chicken is the newest addition to your comfort food repertoire. It’s hearty and full of cozy flavors. With just a few humble ingredients and a few minutes of hands on time, you’ll have a dish the whole family is going to love.
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Greek Octopus with Black Eyed Beans
Whether you’re a seafood aficionado or looking to expand your palate, this recipe is a savory treat for any occasion. Join us as we unravel the art of crafting this delightful Mediterranean fusion, sure to make waves at your next dinner gathering.
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Black-eyed Bean Salad
Vibrant and delicious, this black-eyed bean salad combines black eyed peas, bacon, red onion, tomatoes, and a savory anchovy dressing. It is perfect for a potluck or a good luck recipe to ring in the new year.
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Jalapeno Black-Eyed Pea Hummus
A fun twist on classic hummus, with lucky black-eyed-peas in place of the chickpeas. Spicy jalapenos add the perfect touch of heat!
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Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas
These Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas are the easiest way you’ll ever cook dried black-eyed peas. With bacon and seasonings added to the pot, they’re delicious and ready in a hurry!
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Black Eyed Pea Curry with Swiss Chard & Roasted Eggplant
An easy quick curry for a warming meal any night of the week. Black Eyed Pea Curry with Swiss Chard & Roasted Eggplant is packed with creamy veggie power to satisfy even this biggest plant-based skeptic!
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Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas with Ham
Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas with Ham! The good news is the black eyed peas with ham turned out amazing! They were so flavorful and tender. The bad news is that I think I will now have the responsibility of making them every year!
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Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Soup
You can’t get more Southern than this easy to make Black-Eyed Pea Soup with collard greens. Black-Eyed Peas are a traditional southern dish served on New Year’s Day to bring you good luck.
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Black Eyed Pea Hummus with Sun-dried Tomatoes
The hummus was smooth and full of flavor from the garlic, lemon juice, spices, and sun-dried tomatoes. If you don’t like sun-dried tomatoes, either eliminate them completely or substitute some roasted red peppers instead.
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Hearty Vegan Black Eyed Pea Stew with Kale
This comforting Vegan Black-Eyed Pea Stew is packed with black-eyed peas, various vegetables, and warming spices simmered in a flavorful vegan no-beef broth. It’s wholesome, hearty, and perfect for cozy nights in or New Year’s Day good luck traditions.
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Hot Black Eyed Pea Dip
This Hot Black Eyed Pea Dip is a perfect appetizer for your party or New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day Celebration! Loaded with bacon, cheese, and lots of texture and flavor – it’s delicious hot out of the oven!
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Black Eyed Peas with Ham
Start the New Year off right with this delicious recipe, it’s as lucky as it is delicious! Simmered with savory spices and a meaty ham hock, this black-eyed peas recipe is hearty, healthy, wholesome, and the perfect meal for a wintery day!
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Black Eyed Peas with Andouille Sausage
Black eyed peas become incredibly creamy and flavorful when cooked low and slow with paprika, garlic, and shallots. Served with sautéed Andouille Sausage and rice, this is a hearty, nourishing dish that’s especially comforting when the nights are cold and the days are short.
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Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas
If you want a bowl of Southern comfort and a little New Year’s good luck, these Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas with sausage and bacon are it. They cook fast, require no soaking, and are loaded with smoky andouille sausage, crispy bacon, and stewed tomatoes.
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New Year’s Eve Black-Eyed Pea Salsa
Happy New Year! This beloved southern US tradition is thought to bring prosperity for the new year. After all the heaviness of Thanksgiving, Christmas, parties, and on and on, this salsa just hits the spot in a light, super refreshing way.
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