Black Eyed Peas Soup Recipe
This black eyed peas soup recipe is full of smoked sausage, cheese tortellini, spinach, and black eyed peas (or purple hull peas). It is a simple soup for any night of the year, and works well as a New Year's soup with black eyed peas.
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 267kcal
Cost: $12
Ingredients
- 1 package smoked link sausage
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 2 cans black eyed peas can substitute purple hull peas
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 can tomato paste small can
- 8 cups tomato broth made from Knorr's Caldo de Tomate bouillon
- 1 bag cheese tortellini, frozen
- 2 cups fresh spinach
Instructions
- Slice smoked sausage into 1/2 inch half-moon pieces.
- In dutch oven or large soup pot, allow sausage to brown on medium heat along with the onion - about 5 minutes.
- Add the two cans of peas, diced tomatoes, and spices.
- Stir in the tomato paste.
- Add the prepared tomato broth. (Optionally, to save time, you can add 8 cups of water and the bouillon powder to the water at the same time.
- Allow soup to simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes.
- Add the tortellini to the soup and bring to boil on medium-high heat for 7-8 minutes.
- Once tortellini begins to pop up to the top of the water line, add 2 cups of spinach. Allow the spinach to cook down for 2 minutes or so.
- Serve with cornbread or crackers.
Nutrition
Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 1428mg | Potassium: 373mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1588IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 3mg