Cabbage and Black-Eyed Pea Soup (Slow Cooker + Gluten Free)

This Cabbage and Black-Eyed Pea Soup is the perfect slow cooker soup recipe for New Year’s Day! Packed with black-eyed peas, onions, bell pepper, cabbage, and tomatoes for an easy, comforting soup.

 

Cabbage Soup with Black Eyed Peas

This Cabbage and Black Eyed Pea Soup is a warm bowl of comfort, happiness, and good luck! Southern tradition calls for eating greens and peas if you’d like wealth and financial success in the new year, so this is definitely the soup you want to have at midnight on New Year’s Eve!

This easy black eyed pea soup is made in the slow cooker, so you know you won’t have to skip or hurry festivities just to get the meal ready. It’s gluten free and packed full of vegetables and broth, so it becomes a nutritious, tasty meal for nearly everyone. It’s great for feeding a crowd!

Ingredients for Black Eyed Pea Soup

This is essentially a cabbage soup with ground beef and black eyed peas tossed in. Yum! Here’s a quick overview of what you’ll need. For exact measurements, keep scrolling down to the printable recipe card.

• Lean Ground Beef – I love the flavor this provides, but you could easily replace the beef with pork if you want to hit 3 New Year’s traditions at once!
• Produce – Onion, green bell pepper, and cabbage should all be chopped, and the garlic should be very finely chopped.
• Spices – Chili powder, oregano, cumin, garlic powder, and onion powder all combine to make this super flavorful.
• Canned Goods – tomatoes with green chilis, crushed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and chicken broth are all added in this soup. If you’ve canned some of your own tomatoes, you can use those in place of the crushed tomatoes. You will need the liquid from the cans, so don’t discard or drain!
• Black Eyed Peas – Frozen peas work best in this soup. They are able to become tender without going so long to become mushy.

You will also need some water. You may want to use sliced green onions and shredded cheese to garnish and add more flavor!

How to Make Black Eyed Pea Soup

Because this black eyed peas and cabbage soup lets the slow cooker do most of the work, you can spend New Year’s Eve actually relaxing and enjoying the day’s festivities. 

Brown the ground beef

In a large skillet, soup pot, or Dutch oven, brown the ground beef over medium-high heat. When it’s done, drain off the fat. If you’re using a multi-purpose cooker (like an Instant Pot), you could complete this in there to avoid transferring the soup to a slow cooker later.

Add onion, bell pepper, and garlic

Leave the beef in the skillet and add onion, bell pepper, and garlic. Stir and continue cooking for a 2-4 minutes. Add spices and stir well.

Add remaining ingredients

If you’re making this in a skillet, go ahead and transfer all of this into your slow cooker. If you are making this in a Dutch oven or multi-purpose cooker, leave it. Add the cabbage, broth, water, all canned goods (including the juices from the cans), and the black eyed peas. Stir well.

Cook in slow cooker or on stove

If you’re cooking this on the stove, bring the soup to a boil and simmer for 1-1 1/2 hours. If you’re cooking this in the slow cooker, cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 8 hours.

Serve

Add a piece or two of cornbread for the ultimate comfort food meal! You can go spicy with Jalapeno Cornbread, try this super Cheesy Cornbread, or get a bit sweet with these Sweet Potato and White Cheddar Corn Muffins! If you prefer crusty bread with yours instead, smear it with some Roasted Garlic!

Store

This should be stored in an airtight container in the fridge. It’s perfect for leftovers, so consider portioning out into individual sized meals for an easy grab-and-go leftover lunch!

Freeze

You can freeze this soup, and it will last up to 3 months. However, cabbage can change texture quite a bit the longer it’s frozen, so I recommend eating it as soon as possible.

Reheat

Individual portions can be rewarmed with 45-second blasts in the microwave. To reheat the entire soup, warm over medium low, covered, until warm throughout.

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