Crowder Peas / Black Eyed Peas

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 slices turkey bacon
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 onion (diced)
• 1 green bell pepper (diced)
• 2 garlic cloves
• 3 cups crowder peas (fresh or frozen)
• 3 cups broth
• 1 pinch chili pepper flakes
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 pinch thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt (to taste)
• 3/4 cup cubed ham
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/8 cup milk

Recipe

• 1 cook the bacon in a large skillet until crispy then remove and dry.
• 2 if you used turkey bacon there won't be a lot of greece so you need to add a bit of oil to cook the onion, pepper and garlic. cook these on medium low for 15-20 minutes (until they are soft and sweet). make sure that you scrape up all of the yummy bacon flavor from the pan while you're at it.
• 3 stir in the peas and the broth.
• 4 season with the pepper flakes, bay leaf, thyme and seasoned salt and let it simmer over medium low for about 30 minutes (until the peas are tender).
• 5 add the bacon and the ham and cook for another few minutes.
• 6 if the dish looks too watery at this point add the following: mix 1-2 t flour into a bit of milk then stir it into the pea mixture. cook a few more minutes to thicken up the mix.