Collard Green and Black-Eyed Pea Soup

Submitted by Ugly Yellow

"A Southern traditional dish served on New Year's Day, greens for prosperity and black-eyed peas for luck created for Oprah Winfrey by Art Smith"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 1 -2 lb chicken wings (10 pieces)
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups canned stewed tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• salt and pepper
• 4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 2 cans black-eyed peas
• 3 sausages, cut into bite size (your preference)
• 2 pieces bacon, chopped
• 6 cups collard greens, chopped
• hot sauce

directions

1. Add chicken wings and stock, chopped onions, garlic and spices to soup pot and bring to a boil.
2. Reduce heat, add tomatoes (crushed with your hands), salt and pepper and simmer until wings are tender.
3. Add potatoes, black-eyed peas, sausage, bacon and greens, simmer 30 minutes.
4. Remove chicken wings and allow to cool.
5. Separate chicken meat from bones and return meat to soup.
6. Season with hot sauce (optional) Serve with cornbread.

Reviews

[JackieOhNo!]

A phenomenal soup!!!! I made a few changes, but still ended up with an incredibly tasty meal. Instead of chicken wings, I used two split chicken breast halves (with skin and bones). For the sausage, I used regular Italian sausage and for the collards, I used some curly kale that I had in the refrigerator. This was a huge hit with friends and family and will definitely be made again! Thanks for sharing this keeper!

 

[rcoke]

This soup was fantastic! We ate it for New Year's Day with cornbread. Super easy too. Highly recommended.

 

[auntiLaine]

I found this recipe a couple of years ago and absolutely love it! everyone who has tried it loves it including my picky daughter. I never make it with the potatoes since I serve it with cornbread (too many carbs) and I use dried beans and stick it in the crock pot for a couple of hours. the chicken comes off the bones so easy and the beans are done too. Thanks for a great dish!

 

[Sharron]

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!!! I have had a standard black-eyed peas and rice dish and collard greens that I have made over many years that everyone request. I made this dish and everyone forgot about my old dish. It is absolutely fantastic. I will definitely be making this throughout the years to come. Thank you for such a wonderful tasty dish. The only thing I did differently was to add some cooked white rice at the end instead of potatoes because I forgot to get potatoes. I don't think you can go wrong with this. I used lite kielbasa sausages. The seasonings were perfect. It actually seemed more like a gumbo than a soup. Fantastic dish!! I'M IN LOVE!!!

 

[Grunig]

We do Collards and Black Eyed Peas in my area of the South but not in a soup. Traditional meal is cooked collards, boiled peas, and corn bread. The collards stand for the money, as in bills you will get, and peas are the change. The soup sounds interesting though.