Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas)
Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas)

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook mary ellen's southern 'green peas' and okra (crowder peas) using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas):
  1. Prepare 2 large hamhocks
  2. Make ready 2 packages crowder peas (young blackeye peas)
  3. Make ready 10 cup water
  4. Prepare 1 small onion
  5. Make ready 2 1/2 tsp salt
  6. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp pepper
  7. Take 1 red pepper (optional)
  8. Make ready 1 handful whole frozen okra (optional)

Crowder peas are popular in Southern Soul Food cooking. These beans (don't let the name fool you!) are similar to blackeye peas, but they have a rich, hearty flavor that tastes good with ham hocks or okra. If using fresh shelled peas, gently wash peas, removing any discolored or damaged peas. Place water and ham hock in a medium sized sauce pot, over Medium-High heat on stove top.

Instructions to make Mary Ellen's Southern 'Green Peas' and okra (crowder peas):
  1. ** PRESSURE COOKER: put hamhocks in pressure cooker and cover 3/4 with water. (NEVER FILL A PRESSURE COOKER MORE THAN 3/4 FULL OF LIQUID. cut up onion up into slices, put salt and pepper also in cooker. turn fire on high set weight and lid on pressure cooker. once it starts whistling turn it down to medium and let it whistle for 25 minutes. quick release pressure.
  2. I remove the hamhocks from the cooker AFTER PRESSURE IS RELEASED. the pot should be about 3/4 full. put both bags of crowder peas. turn the fire back to high and allow them to come to a rolling boil. let cook for 10 minutes at a hard boil. (this will help make the 'gravy' on the beans).
  3. Turn beans down to Med low and let cook for 1 hr with a lid. keep an eye on them to make sure they are not boiling dry.
  4. Lay the hamhocks on top of the beans, the red pepper, and the okra. let cook for 20 more minutes.

The crowder pea variety gets its name from the way its starchy peas crowd themselves in the pod. See great recipes for My Southern Black Eyed Peas with Collard Greens too! Southern-Style Crowder Peas Southern-Style Crowder Peas. Fresh peas are the most flavorful and will cook up in about half the time of dried, but depending on the type of pea, soaking dried peas overnight will help to accelerate that. May also use this recipe for black-eyed peas, crowder peas, lady cream, purple hull, and many other Southern cowpeas.

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