My husband IM’d me the other day at work. No commentary, just a link for Johnny Cakes (from Adventure Journal, no less). The first thing I did was scan the ingredients to see if the recipe was vegan. It was. I IM’d a reply “you make those and I’ll make black-eyed peas in the pressure cooker.” Later that night the omnivore and the vegan cooked together and made a delicious meal!
The Johnny Cakes
Dave started with this Johnny Cakes recipe. But the ratio of dry and wet didn’t seem right to him so he referred to this oh-so-NOT vegan Bobby Flay recipe and adjusted the amount of water (he did not use sugar) and added diced jalapeno. They came out beautifully
The Black-Eyed Peas
I rinsed and drained one cup of dry black-eyed peas and tossed them into the pressure cooker. I added three cups of water, three cloves of garlic, one tablespoon Sriracha and a bay leaf. I brought the peas to high pressure for 10 minutes, followed by a natural release of pressure. The Johnny Cakes were still on the griddle so after removing the lid from the pressure cooker I added salt to the black-eyed peas and allowed them to simmer for five minutes.
We were obnoxiously proud—there may have been a high-five, or two—of this rather impromptu plate of simple, vegan, fabulous good eats.
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Hey, JL! How do you cook your black eyed peas in a slow cooker? I want some badly, but I don’t have a pressure cooker and they’re a mess on the stove. ~ Nikki
Hey Nikki! I think you could put all of the ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 or 4 hours or low for 8 hours (or so) the one variable is the water. I don’t know how much water you would use. I just look up a recipe online and it looked like 1 POUND peas to 3 cups water. Now in the pressure cooker is was 1 CUP peas to 3 cups water. Hope this helps!
All I have to say is, “YUM. I WANT.”
I wasn’t even planning on commenting today, just a lazy Saturday stroll through the reader, but that looks SO GOOD!
Hope you’re having a great weekend, JL! 🙂
LOL Keri. I don’t even usually post on weekends but it was too good to pass up! Thanks for popping in and happy weekend to you!
I’m so getting a pressure cooker now. Do you have one that you recommend? Where did you purchase it from?
I got the 6 quart Presto from Amazon and I love, love, love it. http://www.amazon.com/Presto-307912-6-Quart-Stainless-Pressure/dp/B00006ISG6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299951870&sr=8-1
I have had Johnnycakes on my list of things to cook for some time. I love the idea of adding jalapeno. You should be obnoxiously proud this looks obnixously amazing!
Thanks, Lee! The jalapeno was a great addition.
Hi JL! I’ve been following you on twitter for a week or so and decided to pop on over to your blog. What a great recipe! I have been recently acquainted with black-eyed peas and will need to make these. Beautiful photography as well!
Hey Jared! Thank you for stopping by! I’ve been reading and enjoying your blog so it’s nice to ‘see’ you. I am a little cuckoo for black-eyed peas! They are so tasty and not soaking required. It’s my go-to bean! Thank you for the compliment on the photography!
Yum! That looks so good. Aren’t pressure cookers the BEST? Although I think mine might be a super pressure cooker because I never cook things as long as books/recipes say to. That amount of time at high pressure in my pot would turn those beans to mush. I can cook unsoaked, dry chickpeas in 12 minutes (letting the pressure come down naturally) … black eyed peas in 4 minutes.. strange… I wonder if it’s because of the electric stove I have which gets REALLY hot.
Hmm, good point about the type of stove. Mine is gas so as soon as the pressure cooker starts a rockin’ I turn the burner down to low and it just gently rocks for the cooking time. I use a basic Presto (6 quart), nothing fancy, so that might have something to do with it, too? And yes, pressure cookers are the BEST! I can’t believe how much I use mine!
They look beautiful!
Thank you! Sure wish we had leftovers! LOL
How fun, cooking with the hubs! I love working in the kitchen with my hubs. Not only do we stir up “trouble,” we’ve come up with some great creations. Your joint effort meal looks amazingly hands down! I raise my hand to you to receive yet another “high five!” 😉
Thank you! It is fun together because more often than not we’re working on our own, separate meals.
love that you were both satisfied with the same meal. it looks delish and you do deserve high fives!
Thank you! And thanks for stopping by!
What a wonderful dinner, I think I need to get a pressure cooker now! I haven’t had black eyed peas for awhile and am craving them now.
I’m getting so much use out of the PC — definitely a kitchen essential for me!
This looks really tasty, and I can’t believe how easy the johnny cakes recipe is!
We couldn’t either! A new staple 🙂