In this battle, challengers were tasked with creating a unique dish with black-eyed peas. Each contestant added their own cultural flair to the dish and the results were 3 awesome dishes. Check out the recipes from the battle below.
Chef Teo’s Hoppin John Fritters
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Corn Meal
- 1/2 Cup Flour
- 1ts Cajun Seasoning
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 1ts Pepper
- 2 Garlic Cloves minced
- 1 Cup Buttermilk
- 1/2 Cup Chopped Scallions
- 1/2 Cup Cooked Sausage cut into small dice
- 1 Jalapeño Chopped small dice
- 1ts Baking Powder
- 1 Cup Canned Black Eye Peas Rinsed
- 1/2 Cup Cooked White Rice
- 2 Eggs Whisked
- Canola Oil for frying
Instructions
Mix Dry ingredients in a large bowl. Mix Wet ingredients in another bowl, then add wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix. Then mix in all other ingredients well. Use a spoon or ice cream scooper and drop small dollops of batter into hot grease. Cook hop & john fritters until golden brown on all sides. Enjoy with Jerk Aioli (1/2 Cup Mayo 2 TB Sriracha 1 tsp Jerk Spice Mix)
Nadia’s Black- Eyed Pea Pancake Recipe
Ingredients
1 Cup of Black eye beans
1 ½ cup of water
½ teaspoon of baking soda
½ teaspoon of salt
1/2 green pepper and or red pepper
½ onion
1 spoon of Palm oil or olive oil
½ spoon of chicken broth
½ chicken breast shredded
Instructions
Grind dry black-eyed peas into flour using a coffee grinder or blender. Pour flour into a bowl, add water, baking soda and salt. Prepare in a heated pan, cook the batter like a pancake and set aside. Then sauté the peppers, onions and chicken broth in palm oil. Top the black -eyed peas pancake with the pepper mix and shredded chicken. Enjoy!
Bethany’s Black-Eyed Peas Hush Puppies
Ingredients
- 1 can of Black Eye peas, drained
- 1 and 1/4 AP Flour
- 1 1/4 self rising corn flour
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup of milk
- 4 tsp melted butter
- 1 TSP of Kosher salt
- 1 TSP Cayenne pepper
Instructions
Mix the dry ingredients (all purpose flour, corn flour, sugar, salt ) in a bowl and wet ingredients (2 beaten eggs, milk, melted butter) in another bowl. Sprinkle cayenne pepper over the black- eyed peas, then combine wet and dry ingredients alongside the cayenne spiced black- peas until it forms a thick batter. In a hot pan of vegetable oil, drop scoops ( you can use a ice cream scooper) of the batter and fry for a few minutes until golden brown.
