Project Description

bean side dish

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 6 slices thick bacon

  • 1 celery stalk, diced

  • 1 small onion, diced

  • 1 bell pepper, diced

  • 3 cloves garlic, minced

  • 1 bay leaf

  • 1/2 pound dried black-eye peas, about 2 cups

  • 1 tsp Cajun seasoning

  • 2 tsp dried thyme

  • salt to taste

  • 2 cups long grain rice

Instructions

Slice bacon into small pieces and cook in a Dutch oven until almost crispy. Add celery, onion, bell pepper and garlic and cook for about 5 minutes.

Sort and rinse the black-eyes. Add black-eyes, bay leaf, thyme and Cajun seasoning to the bacon mix.

Cover with 4 cups of water. Cook for 30 minutes to an hour on simmer until black-eyes are tender.

While the black eyes are cooking, cook the rice in a separate saucepan according to package instructions.

Combine the drained black-eye mixture with the rice.