Merry Christmas, friends! I hope your day is filled with love, laughter and delicious food with your loved ones. Today I’m sharing an easy (and delicious!) recipe perfect for New Year’s Day: Black-Eyed Pea Soup with Collard Greens and Sausage.
This soup is full of all the good stuff that’s perfect for New Year’s Day: black-eyed peas, collards, smoked sausage, vegetables and seasonings. It would be perfect with cornbread, French bread or even a grilled cheese sandwich… and it’s even better reheated the next day!
Growing up in the south, it’s totally unacceptable NOT to have collards and black-eyed peas on New Year’s. My mama even puts a silver dollar in her pot of collards while they cook, because apparently it brings good luck and fortune to do so. I guess I could have put one in this pot of soup??? 🙂
I have to be honest and admit I was a little skeptical about putting collards in a tomato-based soup. After eating it, I don’t understand WHY because it was insanely delicious.
I had a few of my deep-rooted southern friends come over the night I made it that loved it too. They had never tasted anything like it and asked for to-go bowls to take home with them, so I know you won’t go wrong by making this recipe on New Year’s Day.
May the new year bring you much happiness, love and prosperity. Merry Christmas!
More Black-Eyed Pea Recipes You’ll Love
- Instant Pot Black-Eyed Peas and Ham
- Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Stew
- Black-Eyed Pea Soup with Sausage and Spinach
- Black-Eyed Pea Salsa
Black-Eyed Pea Soup with Collard Greens and Sausage
- Total Time: 45 mins
- Yield: 6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1 cup peeled and sliced carrots
- ½ cup sliced celery
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
- 1 (14 ounce) package smoked sausage, sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 6 cups tightly packed chopped collard greens, tough stems removed
- 1 (15.5-ounce) can black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed
- ¼ teaspoon salt (or to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or large soup pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add sausage slices, onions, carrots and celery and cook for approximately 7 to 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Add garlic and thyme and stir to combine.
- Add chicken broth and tomatoes with juice. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Add chopped collards and stir well to combine. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer, cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until collard greens are tender.
- Stir in rinsed black-eyes peas, season with salt and pepper and cook for an additional 5 minutes.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Category: Soup
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: black-eyed pea soup with collard greens and sausage
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Serena Bussell says
Thanks for sharing your recipe! Having lived in Louisiana a third of my life I was a bit skeptical about the tomatoes in the soup, but they were perfect. Since I live alone I always keep a couple of bags of frozen seasoning vegetables that are always available even here in Missouri (mire poi and holy trinity).I also had a random sm.sweet potato that I peeled, diced and tossed in. Wish I would have had some tasso..Peace!
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Diane B says
Does the black–eye pea, collard greens, sausage soup freeze well?
Amy says
Hi Diane, I haven’t personally frozen it (it always all gets eaten when I make it!) but wouldn’t hesitate to freeze it – I think it would be fine to do so. Let me know if you try it!
KD says
Delicious and simple! Made this for New Year’s. Made it using low sodium chicken broth, no salt added diced tomatoes and our favorite smoked sausage. Turned out great and lower in sodium for my hubby’s dietary needs. Thanks a million! Happy 2022!!
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Shea says
I made this and it was delicious I actually make it quite often. Shea’
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Yvette says
Can I use another type of beans? I don’t like black eyed peas.
Caroline Harrison says
A total hit! Subbed turkey sausage instead of pork but then also added 6 pieces of bacon sliced up because that makes sense (ha!!) . Thanks for the great recipe!
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Amy says
That sounds delicious, Caroline – thanks so much for sharing! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. Happy New Year!
Melissa says
This receipe was perfect. One of the nice things is I think it’s pretty hard to mess up. Next time I will try it wit lh Turkey Italian sausage.
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Sarah says
Made this for New Year’s and it was a huge hit. SO shockingly delicious! We used ground hot Italian sausage and dried black eyed peas which I soaked overnight. The texture was perfect and the extra heat from the sausage gave it some extra UMPH. I was scouting the internet for the perfect New Year’s dish and I’m so happy I found this! Thank you!
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Amy says
Thank you for sharing, Sarah! I’m so glad you and your family enjoyed it. Happy New Year!
Joey says
Hands down, one of the best soups. Going to be a new yr family tradition. Thanks for the recipe.
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Diana says
Can this recipe be made with ham instead of sausage?
Amy says
Hi Diana, I’ve never prepared this using ham in place of smoked sausage so I can’t say with 100% certainty how it will turn out. However, I wouldn’t hesitate to try it… let us know how it turns out if you try it!
Diana says
I made the recipe as is and it was great! For leftovers I stretched it out by adding diced ham and white rice and that was really good too!
Amy says
Hi Diana, Thank you for sharing… so glad to hear it worked well for you and you enjoyed it!
Abby says
One of our favorites! Does this soup freeze well?
Amy says
Hi Abby, thank you – it’s one of my favorites as well! I’ve personally never frozen this soup so I can’t say with 100% certainty, but I wouldn’t hesitate to try it. Let us know how it turns out if you do. Happy New Year to you and your family!
Jenny says
I made a double batch on New Years Day and it freezes really well. About to make my second double batch.
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Tracie says
Simple and delicious
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Kylie says
Delicious recipe! I wasn’t sure how all the flavors would taste together, but wow what yumminess. You can’t beat this recipe with a batch of cornbread on a cold winter night. Adding this one to my soup rotation!
Amy says
Thank you Kylie! This is one of my favorite comfort food soups and I’m so glad you enjoyed it, too!
Penny Matthews says
I did not have canned black eyed peas so I cooked a cup of dried black eyed peas in the chicken broth along with the celery, carrots, onion, and garlic. I used a large can of diced tomatoes and a large can of seasoned collards (collards from the grocery store are not good and it is not collard season)
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Marianne LaBatto says
Fantastic soup. I used Field Roast smoked apple sage sausage and vegetable broth and it was super delicious. This recipe is a keeper.
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