Recipe: Yummy Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas)
Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas). I have eaten crowder peas/purple hull peas forever but not like this. Didn't use the ham and didn't miss it. Used minced garlic and cooked my fresh peas for the first hour with a slice of uncooked bacon as instructed by my southern relatives.
My recipe for cooking Crowder Peas. Crowder peas are part of a Southern pea group called field peas. They were most likely brought to America by Spanish explorers or African slaves. You can cook Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas) using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas)
- You need 2 of large hamhocks.
- It's 2 packages of crowder peas (young blackeye peas).
- You need 10 cup of water.
- You need 1 of small onion.
- You need 2 1/2 tsp of salt.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp of pepper.
- Prepare 1 of red pepper (optional).
- Prepare 1 handful of whole frozen okra (optional).
Fresh crowder peas have a more robust flavor than black-eyed peas or cream peas and are known for the dark juices they leave in the pot. Southern Field Peas and Snaps - Field peas cooked with green beans and served here with grilled smoked andouille sausage and cornbread. They're categorized generally in four groups - crowder, cream, black-eyed and field peas, and there are many varieties to be found in each of those categories. Southern peas thrive in the middle of a hot, dry summer.
Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas) step by step
- ** PRESSURE COOKER: put hamhocks in pressure cooker and cover 3/4 with water. (NEVER FILL A PRESSURE COOKER MORE THAN 3/4 FULL OF LIQUID. cut up onion up into slices, put salt and pepper also in cooker. turn fire on high set weight and lid on pressure cooker. once it starts whistling turn it down to medium and let it whistle for 25 minutes. quick release pressure..
- I remove the hamhocks from the cooker AFTER PRESSURE IS RELEASED. the pot should be about 3/4 full. put both bags of crowder peas. turn the fire back to high and allow them to come to a rolling boil. let cook for 10 minutes at a hard boil. (this will help make the 'gravy' on the beans)..
- Turn beans down to Med low and let cook for 1 hr with a lid. keep an eye on them to make sure they are not boiling dry..
- Lay the hamhocks on top of the beans, the red pepper, and the okra. let cook for 20 more minutes..
During a recent dry period, our peas remained healthy and vigorous when beans and sweet corn wilted. Mary Jo Meinhardt reported that Pink Eye Purple Hull peas produced a crop in her Houston, Texas, garden without any rain or irrigation. Southern peas like warm to hot growing conditions. Wait until all danger of frost is passed and the soil has warmed before planting. Fertilizing - Avoid giving Southern peas too much nitrogen as it will prevent blossoms from setting pods.
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