toddly man's big house black-eyed peas

Ingredients

• Servings: 30
• 5 pounds dry black-eyed peas
• 2 pounds smoked turkey wings
• 14 cups turkey stock, or as needed to cover
• 5 stalks celery, diced
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 2 cups turkey stock
• 6 onions, diced
• 8 carrots, chopped
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder (optional)
• 1 pound smoked garlic kielbasa, diced

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins

Ready Time: 10 hrs 40 mins


• fill a large pot with water and soak black-eyed peas overnight. pour out soaking liquid, cover black-eyed peas with fresh water, and drain. add turkey wings to black-eyed peas.
• set pot over medium heat and pour 14 cups turkey stock into peas; bring to a boil. stir celery and red pepper flakes into peas; reduce heat to low. simmer for 30 minutes. remove turkey wings and set aside; chop turkey meat when cool. pour 2 cups more turkey stock into peas as needed and stir chopped turkey wing meat, onions, and carrots into mixture. bring back to a simmer and stir black pepper, salt, and garlic powder (if using) into black-eyed peas. simmer for 1 1/2 more hours.
• toss diced kielbasa into black-eyed peas, simmer until black-eyed peas and vegetables are tender, about 10 more minutes, and serve.