30 Best Black-Eyed Pea Recipes Guaranteed to Bring a Year Full of Luck
Delicious dips, fresh salads, and Hoppin' John!
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No New Year's meal is complete without a hearty helping of good ol' black-eyed peas. Why? For good luck, of course! Black-eyed peas, though they are actually beans, are said to symbolize lucky coins. Paired with a skillet of cornbread that represents gold, Southern-style collard greens that symbolize dollar bills, and pork recipes that stand for progress, you're setting yourself up for a successful year... and a delicious meal, too! Here, you'll find more than two dozen ways to fill your plate with black-eyed peas from party dips to Hoppin' John to satisfying salads.
Ree Drummond isn't big on superstitions, but when New Year's Day rolls around, you can almost always find Zannie's cheesy black-eyed pea dip on her menu... "just in case," she says. If you're hosting a New Year's party, try it yourself and watch as even non black-eyed pea fans gobble it up in a flash. The make-ahead cowboy caviar makes another delicious New Year's appetizer for casual get-togethers, but if it's a big New Year's lunch that's on the agenda, kick off the feast with a collard green salad. While the greens are delicious, this salad is all about the toppings—salty peanuts, black-eyed peas, and addictive fried onions, to name a few. Ree's Hoppin' John is another New Year's essential that can't be beat. Her simple version stars slow-cooked black-eyed peas served over fluffy rice, but you could easily hearty it up by adding some sausage or ham to the peas. Eating black-eyed peas will soon become your favorite New Year's tradition thanks to these recipes.
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