Black-Eyed Peas

Goodbye Bad Luck, Hello Flavor! 

This black-eyed peas recipe is smokey, spicy, a traditional Southern dish served on New Year’s Day to bring good luck!

This Southern Black-Eyed Peas recipe is just the perfect dish to give as comforting soul-satisfying goodness to warm us up in this cold weather.

Southerners believe eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day brings good luck and a slew of other beautiful things. 

For a thicker consistency, I suggest mashing a few softened beans against the side of the pot with the back of your spoon.

Black-eyed peas for luck on New Year’s, symbolizing prosperity like coins.