Instant Pot Black-eyed Peas



Ingredients

  • 6 slices bacon
  • 1 lb dry black eyed peas (1 lb bag usually has 2-2 1/4 cups of peas)
  • 3 cups water
  • 3 cups chicken stock or you can eliminate stock, use 6 cups of water with a couple of tablespoons of Better Than Chicken Bullion
  • salt
  • fresh cracked black pepper

Instructions

  • Rinse peas and set them aside. 
  • Dice raw bacon into small pieces. Make sure your knife is sharp and bacon is cold to make it easier to cut. 
  • Turn Instant Pot to Saute and let it heat up. Add a little bit of oil to the bottom of the pot and add bacon. Saute bacon until browned.  Scrape bottom of pot with a little bit of water to remove any bacon that is stuck to bottom.
  • Add peas to the pot and mix. 
  • Add water, chicken stock, some salt, and fresh cracked black pepper. (Don't add too much salt since bacon is salty.) 
  • Stir and close the lid and make sure it's latched. Turn the valve to "seal" and set the Instant Pot to cook on high pressure cook mode for 40 minutes.
  • Let it do a natural release for 10-15 minutes.
  • Fluff up peas and serve.
    Note:  If peas aren't fully cooked after 40 minutes, pressure for an additional 10-15 minutes.