Recipe: Perfect Purple hull peas
Purple hull peas. While purple hull (pink eyed) peas and black eyed peas look very much alike, there is a noticeable pinkness to the "eye" and black eyed peas are described as having a more earthy taste. Here's how you can grow purple hull peas. They are very easy to grow, very prolific and taste great.
Place the purple hull peas into a large pot and cover with water. Purplehull peas, also referred to as "Purple Hull" peas, are a very popular category of Southern peas. These Purple Hull Peas feature classic Southern flavors from Shreveport chef Hardette Harris, and appear in the Official Meal of North Louisiana. You can have Purple hull peas using 8 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Purple hull peas
- Prepare of southern food.
- Prepare 2 quart of fresh purple hull peas.
- You need 1 of large smoked ham hock.
- Prepare 2 cup of okra.
- Prepare 2 of each chicken bullion.
- Prepare 2 cup of water.
- It's 1 of large onion.
- It's Can of substitute smoked ham with smoked turkey.
Purple Hull Peas are sometimes mistaken for some sort of green bean at the market. They do look a little like a purple pole bean. I had someone tell me the other day that they tried to snap them like. Purple hull peas are very filling served on top of rice for a light lunch.
Purple hull peas instructions
- Bring water, bullion, and ham hock to boil in large pot..
- Add peas and sliced onion. Boil for 1 hour 30 mins. Add okra and simmer for 30 more minutes..
- Salt and pepper to taste and eat over cornbread. Also works with other beans and peas..
They are usually eaten as a side veggie with a serving of cornbread nearby. Whether seasoned with just salt & pepper. Purple Hull Peas are a type of southern pea similar to Black-Eyed Peas. They almost grow more like a bean than a pea, they shell and dry like one too. Unlike English or snow peas, these peas like the heat.
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