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Day Black-eyed Pea Soup

This New Year's Day Black-eyed Pea Soup recipe uses Black Eyed Peas Dried, Water More If Needed, Ham Bone With Trimmings, Onion Medium Chopped, and Bay Leaves. Serves 8. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 2 cup
• 2 qt
• 1
• 3
• 2
• 1 1/2 tsp
• 1

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Place in a large, heavy stew pot and cover with water.

2. 2

   Allow to soak overnight. The next morning (start early

3. 3

   ~ beans like to take their time), pour off the soaking water, and ham bone, 8 cups of water, onion and seasonings.

4. 4

   Put on the back of the stove and let simmer gently until beans are very tender, usually about 4 hours.

5. 5

   Add more water if needed.

6. 6

   Remove and discard ham bone.

7. 7

   When beans are good and tender remove about a cupful of the beans and mash well with some of the bean liquid. (This can be done in a blender, of course.) Return mashed beans to pot, taste for seasoning, and serve steaming hot over freshly cooked white rice.