Black-Eyed Pea Cornbread

Description

My mother-in-law passed down this very old recipe to my wife. The first time she made it, I was completely surprised. I had never heard of it, and I’ve been unable to find anything else quite like it. You can fix this as a side dish to a meal, or make it into muffins for snacks. Either way, you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 pound bulk
  • sausage
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup white cornmeal
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained
  • 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
  • ¾ cup cream-style corn
  • 1 (4.5 ounce) can chopped green chile peppers
  • ¼ cup chopped pickled jalapeno peppers

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  2. Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet over medium heat
  3. stirring until sausage is crumbly and no longer pink
  4. about 5 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
  5. Mix cornmeal
  6. flour
  7. salt
  8. and baking soda together in a large bowl.
  9. Whisk buttermilk
  10. oil
  11. and eggs together in a small bowl. Add to cornmeal mixture
  12. stirring just until moistened. Stir in sausage mixture
  13. black-eyed peas
  14. Cheddar cheese
  15. corn
  16. chile peppers
  17. and jalapeños. Pour batter into the prepared baking dish.
  18. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean
  19. about 1 hour.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Servings: 12

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