These tasty Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas Recipes can bring you lots of good luck in the New Year! And black-eyed peas are both lucky and delicious and there are many different options here for cooking them!
PIN Slow Cooker and Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas Recipes!

Before I became a food blogger I didn’t know about the tradition of cooking black-eyed peas to bring luck in the new year. Now I make either Hopping John Soup, Black-Eyed Pea Hummus, or Black-Eyed Pea Salad every New Year’s Day. And I’ve had good luck and also discovered how much I liked the flavor of black-eyed peas!
Today I’m reminding you about these Slow Cooker or Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas Recipes in case you’d like to put some black-eyed peas on your New Year’s Day menu. And if you do cook black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, I hope they bring you good luck!
What black-eyed peas recipes are featured here?
In this round-up you will find black-eyed peas with collard greens, ham, chicken, quinoa, corn, peppers, sausage, and beet greens! There are black-eyed peas used in soup, curry, Texas Caviar, salads, chilis, stews, and recipes for cooking plain black-eyed peas to use in other dishes. And there are black-eyed peas cooked with meat as well as vegetarian options!
How do you get the complete recipe?
Just click any recipe title to see the complete recipe on the original site. All photos are copyrighted to the blog that posted the recipe.
Pam from Sidewalk Shoes says The Best Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas were one of the first things she made in her Instant Pot and “the beans were creamy, the ham tender, the broth was heavenly.”
Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas from Simply Happy Foodie have collards greens, or you can cook them separately if you prefer. Doesn’t that look tasty?
Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Soup with Ham and Chicken from Gluten-Free Easily sounds like it would be loaded with flavor, and of course this recipe is gluten-free!
If you want a dish that’s vegetarian or vegan, check out Black-Eyed Pea Chili with Quinoa and Corn from Fat Free Vegan Kitchen
Black-Eyed Peas and Ham from The Typical Mom can be made in the slow cooker or the Instant Pot, so take your choice!
Cowboy Caviar is a famous recipe using Black-Eyed Peas, and it doesn’t get easier than this Pressure Cooker Cowboy Caviar from Two Sleevers!
Check out Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas at Will Cook for Smiles if you just want a basic recipe for cooking black-eyed peas that can be used in other recipes.
And these Black-Eyed Peas from Add a Pinch can be made in the slow cooker, in the Instant Pot, or on the stove!
More Lucky Black-Eyed Peas to Enjoy:
- Instant Pot (or Stovetop) Black-Eyed Pea Curry from Piping Pot Curry
- Instant Pot Texas Caviar from 365 Days of Slow + Pressure Cooking
- Slow Cooker Black-Eyed Peas with Ham from Skinnytaste
- Instant Pot Black-Eyed Pea Soup from Bowl of Delicious
- Instant Pot Southern Style Black-Eyed Peas from Instant Pot Eats
- Black-Eyed Peas and Collards from Letty’s Kitchen










Umair Asre says
These look great! I would love to try this recipe! Thanks so much for this perfect recipe
Thanks again,
Meeta says
Such an awesome collection. Perfect for the New Years meal!
Kalyn says
Thanks Meeta!
gfe--gluten free easily says
Thanks so much for including my recipe, Kalyn! All of these black-eyed pea recipes look wonderful to me. 🙂
Happy New Year!
Shirley
Kalyn says
Shirley, my pleasure. Happy New Year to you too! And one of these will definitely be cooking soon at my house.