New Year's Day Black-Eyed Peas

I've now made this recipe several times and it's perfect for New Year's Day; this year, I had to use a bean mix as the store was sold out of black eyed peas! But as is, it's a great recipe; thank you.

I followed the recipe as given in the video. I used the ham bone from a smoked ham. I did not have a can of regular whole tomatoes, but I used a can of stewed tomatoes with Mexican seasoning. It worked out really well.

Delicious. I started with the (rinsed, sorted and soaked peas, a ham bone, 4 Bay leaves, one onion cut in 4 pieces and enough water to cover (about 6 cups) in the crockpot. When peas were almost tender, I discarded bay leaves & onion & ham bones (after saving the meat, chopping, and returning to the pot). Then I added 1 cup raw brown rice, about 1/2 cup chopped green peppers, 1 finely chopped (and seeded) jalapeno pepper, 2 Tbsp minced garlic instead of the garlic powder, 2 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley, 1 Tbsp dried basi (didn't have any fresh), and the tomatoes. When rice was tender, my version of Hoppin' John was ready.

I used this as more of a base recipe because I discovered I didn't have some of the ingredients. I ended up using 1 can of black-eyed peas, 1 can of great northern beans, and 2 cans of stewed tomatoes. I pureed 1 can and left the other chunky. Put this all in my crockpot with the chopped ham, adding a hamhock as well for more flavor. I also added 2 cloves of garlic (chopped). Cooked on low for 5 hours. My fiance LOVED this. I obviously changed things a bit, but thank you SO much for the recipe or I wouldn't have had a clue what to do with black-eyed peas. :)

Good recipe but I had to spice it up. Used Rotel, a big ham bone, part chicken broth/part water, fresh garlic & other spices. Cooked in crock pot for 10 hours. Turned out great.