Ninja Cooking and Jalapeño Black-Eyed Peas
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Recipe type: Main Dish
Cuisine: Southern
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Serves: 6-8
 
A spicy take on a Southern Classic - Ninja Style.
Ingredients
  • 1 16 oz bag dried black-eyed peas
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 yellow onion, chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, diced
  • 1 carrot, chopped
  • 1 jalapeño pepper, finely diced
  • 1 green bell pepper, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoons dried oregano
  • 4 cups hot water
  • 2 teaspoons Chicken “Better than Bouillon”
  • 1 ham bone with meat on (about 1-1 ½ lbs) or a couple of ham hocks
  • 1 15 oz can diced tomatoes with jalapeño
Instructions
Prep
  1. Rinse and pick through dried beans to remove any stones or badly formed beans.
  2. Soak in water 30 minutes - 1 hour or overnight. (Many folks have their own preferences on how to prep beans for cooking.)
  3. Wash vegetables and cut up in uniformed dice of about ½” chunks to cook evenly.
  4. Preheat Ninja 3-1 Kitchen System on Stove Top setting High for 3-4 minutes.
  5. Mix Bouillon concentrate in 4 cup of hot water.
Directions
  1. Add olive oil to pre-heated Ninja insert and cook the carrots, onion, celery, bell pepper and jalapeño until just softened, about 10 minutes.
  2. Add garlic and continue cooking 2 more minutes.
  3. Add chicken broth, ham bone, bay leaves and oregano to pot.
  4. Drain black-eyed peas and add to pot. Cover and cook for 4 hours on Slow Cook setting High.
  5. At 3 hours, remove ham bone and cut off meat, rough chop in bite-sized pieces and add back to pot and add the can of diced tomatoes with jalepeño peppers. Cover and continue cooking until time is up.
Notes
I didn’t add any extra salt as the ham and bouillon had plenty to flavor the beans. You can use just water or your own chicken stock if you like. I soaked my beans for 30 minutes in warm water before adding to the pot, at four hours, the beans were nice and tender and not overcooked. Do a fork test and adjust cooking time if needed for your preference. If using a crockpot, cook the vegetables on the stovetop then add to the crockpot with other ingredients.
Recipe by What about the food? at https://whataboutthefood.com/ninja-cooking-and-jalapeno-black-eyed-peas/