What to make with black-eyed peas: 9 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on black-eyed peas, easiest first. The quickest is Black-eyed peas with Swiss chard and lemon (louvi), on the table in 25 minutes, and the cheapest is Baião de dois (Brazilian rice and beans with cheese) at $1.46 a serving. Five of them are simple enough for a first try.

Black-eyed peas with Swiss chard and lemon (louvi)
$1.55 a serving
25 min

Black-eyed pea tacos with collard slaw
$1.62 a serving
30 min

Coconut black-eyed pea curry
$2.34 a serving
30 min

Hoppin’ John (black-eyed peas and rice)
$1.96 a serving
40 min

Black-eyed pea soup with collard greens
$1.80 a serving
50 min

Akara (black-eyed pea fritters) with pepper sauce
$1.49 a serving
40 min

Baião de dois (Brazilian rice and beans with cheese)
$1.46 a serving
40 min

Black-eyed peas and collard greens over grits
$1.64 a serving
40 min

Sheet pan Cajun black-eyed peas and okra over rice
$2.32 a serving
45 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.

Dinners from what you already have
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