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PURPLE HULL PEAS Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 to 5 strips thick bacon, cut into about 1 inch pieces
1/2 small to medium yellow onion, diced
1 to 2 fresh jalapenos, seeded and diced
2 c. purple hull peas
Water to cover the peas, by about one inch
Salt and pepper to taste
1to 2 tsp. brown sugar (optional)
Serve over cooked rice (Cajun option)
Directions:
Directions:
Place the bacon in a medium heavy saucepan and render the fat until turning a little brown on the edges. Reduce heat to medium and add onion and jalapenos to the pan with the bacon and sauté, stirring occasionally for 3 to 5 minutes. Add the peas, sauté and stir for 5 minutes. Add water to cover the peas by about an inch. Salt and pepper, cover and bring to a boil and cook for about 20 to 30 minutes. When done add brown sugar and stir. Turn the heat off, leave covered and let rest 10 minutes.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I also sometimes add a few small pods of okra.

When your dad and I were first married we had a couple living next door from Louisiana. Many days when I got home from work, she would stick her head out the door and say y'all come on over for supper. No matter what else she had cooked, we always had purple hull peas and rice. This was the way she cooked her peas. Precious memories.

 

 

 

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