Cooking Frozen Purple Hull Peas

Add peas onion okra pepper seasoned salt and garlic powder.

Cooking frozen purple hull peas. Place the purple hull peas into a large pot and cover with water. Reduce heat to medium low add the bacon sugar baking soda salt and pepper. Store fresh and frozen cooked peas in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three days. If it is remove liquid 1 cup at a time and replace with an equal amount of fresh water until preferred saltiness is reached.

Purple hull peas are southern peas or cow peas similar in flavor and appearance to other members of the southern pea family including black eye peas and several varieties of crowder peas. Truth be told the taste difference is there and it is so slight and hard to describe. Simmer the peas with chicken or vegetable broth and a sprig of fresh thyme instead. Rich in flavor and important nutrients purple.

You can keep fresh purple hull peas in the fridge for 3 5 days. In this type both the pod and seed are edible. Thats right f o u r 4 minutes and dont worry after i take my cooking class from bep truong a au ill know these things naturally. Purple hull peas a southern favorite are a variety of cowpeas a plant of the pea family.

Cook and season frozen southern peas the same way as fresh but rinse the frozen ones prior to adding them to the stockpot in order to remove any ice crystals. Splash olive oil supposedly this helps beanspeas not foam like crazy so i added it as a precaution place peas ham hock chicken broth 12 tbs of salt pepper and olive oil in the instant potpressure cooker. The purple hull pea pod is long and thin and is a deep purple color hence the name. Kosher salt divided 1 tsp.

Storing cooked purple hull peas. You dont have to use the ham hock if you want to cut down on time. Stir the pot occasionally during the cooking duration then serve and enjoy. The variety includes black eyed peas and crowder peas.

Although purple hull peas resemble black eye peas they are greenish lavender with a subtle hint of pink. Add rice cornbread and two shots of hot sauce and you have a. After four short minutes of listening to the the pressure regulator chatter along then allowing the cooker to cool down on its own accord those purple hull peas came out dark tender and with the perfect thickness of pea gravy. 6 cups shelled 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. 12 tbs plus 12 tsp. Simmer if using frozen purple hull peas allow them to simmer for about 1 hour. Freezing fresh uncooked peas.

If youre using fresh peas simmer for 1 12 hour. Bring to a boil over high heat add okra if using and boil for 2 minutes stirring twice.