Best Darn Southern Peas Ever....

...well, nosotros remember so.

Recipes for southern peas are a dime-a-dozen. Heck, I convey posted several myself, hopefully yous volition concur that mine are worth at to the lowest degree a quarter. Now, practiced ones, I hateful a actually keeper volition plough these difficult legumes into tasty gems. And folks, that is inwards my humble opinion, is what this recipe is all about. Making that bundle of dried peas into a rattling delectable, mouth-watering, momma-slap-me-for-eating-too-much side-dish that yous are proud to serve to identify unit of measurement as well as friends. Yup, this i is that good.

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recipe for turning dried peas into something special 
makes virtually six cups

1 -16 oz bundle dried cream peas (any peas volition do similar field, crowders or black-eyed)
water
iii thick-cut slices hickory smoked bacon, diced
six cups chicken broth
1 tablespoon salt
two garlic toes (cloves) minced
1/4 loving cup minced onion
1/4 loving cup chopped mixed bell pepper
1/4 teaspoon dark pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed dried thyme
1 teaspoon brownish sugar

The solar daytime before, form the beans to take whatever inferior ones (as good equally unusual objects) as well as rinse nether running H2O well. Cover inwards a large stock pot amongst mutual frigidity H2O allowing H2O to come upwardly at to the lowest degree two inches inwards a higher identify beans. Let soak overnight.

Drain as well as rinse. In same stockpot (cleaned), oestrus over medium high oestrus as well as add together bacon. Stir as well as create until brown. Remove all only two tablespoon of grease leaving bacon inwards pot. Add broth as well as remaining ingredients including beans. Bring to a boil, encompass as well as cut oestrus ot low. Simmer for virtually 1 1/2 hours or until beans are prissy as well as tender.

Note: I used cream peas (also known equally Lady Peas) as well as cutting cooking fourth dimension to fifty minutes.