Black-Eyed Pea Recipes for Good Luck in the New Year!
Here are my favorite Black-Eyed Pea Recipes and I hope you’ll be eating these on New Year’s Day for good luck in the new year! And I really like the flavor of Black-Eyed Peas, so I’m including some ways ways to cook them from other bloggers to give you even more ideas!
PIN the Black-Eyed Pea Recipes to try one on New Year’s Day!
I’m a complete believer that you should celebrate New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day by making Black-Eyed Pea Recipes for Good Luck in the New Year! So I’m sharing my favorite recipes with black-eyed peas to see if I can inspire you to make one of them for a lucky food to eat on New Year’s Day!
I learned about this tradition in the early days of my blog, and the black-eyed peas have certainly brought me luck. And I love the flavor of this humble little ingredient, and I’ve had fun experimenting with it. All these recipes do have some carbs, but black eyed peas are tasty and loaded with fiber and I think they’re worth enjoying once a year for a lucky food!
What are Black-Eyed Peas?
Black-eyed peas are part of the family called Cowpeas, and although they are called peas Black-Eyed Peas are really a bean.
Why are Black-Eyed Peas considered a lucky New Year’s food?
Black-Eyed Peas are eaten to greet the New Year in the United States, especially in the southern states. They’re often eaten with collard greens in a dish called Hopping John, and the peas (which expand when they’re cooked) symbolize prosperity and the collard greens symbolize money. Legends about the luck-enhancing properties of these foods date back to the Civil War in the South. Read more about eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day.
How do you get the complete recipe?
Just click any recipe title to see the complete recipe with nutritional information!
Lucky Black-Eyed Peas Recipes from Kalyn:
Black Bean Salad with Black-Eyed Peas has peppers, red onion, and cilantro, with a zesty dressing, and this is a lucky salad that’s really flavorful. See tips in the recipe if you’re not a cilantro fan.
Definitely this Hopping John Soup is the most popular black-eyed pea recipe on Danica's Kitchen. This is Black-Eyed Peas, Ham, and Collard Greens Soup for those who aren’t familiar with it. So Yummy!
This Black-Eyed Pea Hummus is one of my personal favorites; do you like these flavors?
Another tasty option is this Black-Eyed Pea Soup that has chicken sausage and peppers, and this is a delicious soup that’s relatively low in net carbs! Or see the lower-carb option in the post.
I updated the photos for this Black-Eyed Pea Salad to entice you to make it, and if you like Southwestern flavors you’ll love this salad that has has peppers and a tasty lime-cumin vinaigrette!
Black-Eyed Peas Recipes from Other Blogs:
Black-Eyed Peas for New Years from Oh Sweet Basil has ham AND bacon, and this looks so good!
Easiest Ever Black-Eyed Peas from Chrstina’s Cucina sounds easy and delicious!
Check out Slow Cooker 0r Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas Recipes on Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker for more 18 more lucky food recipe ideas to celebrate the new year!
12 Comments on “Black-Eyed Pea Recipes for Good Luck in the New Year!”
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Thanks!
Wow, all the dishes look so so good. I would love to try them all. Thanks for the sharing.
I love the black-eyed pea tradition! Definitely going to try out one of these recipes this year. Pretty sure I have all the ingredients to make the Indian-spiced peas. Happy new year!!
Thanks Joanne, and Happy New Year to you too!
Kristen, so glad everyone enjoyed it. I love having a different way to get my black-eyed-peas for New Years!
Kalyn, I had that hummus recipe tagged on Pinterest since you posted it. It was a huge, huge hit at my New Year's Day party — so delicious! I'll be making it again soon.
Thanks Wanda, and I do hope the soup will bring you lots and lots of good luck!
Delicious Hopping John soup with black-eyed peas on New Years Day at your house, Kalyn. I feel good luck coming my way already. I will try the salad…it looks good.
Thanks!
All your soups were tasty and just the ticket for cold evenings.
Thanks Amanda, glad you like the post.
These recipes look SO good!! Thank you for creating such easy to follow and delicious recipes!
Lydia absolutely! And I bet you will love them.
Would you believe I've never cooked black-eyed peas? I must rectify that at once, so I can have some good luck in 2014.