Black Eyed Pea Cornbread Casserole recipe – homemade cornbread loaded with sausage, creamed corn, cheddar cheese, black eyed peas, green chiles, and jalapeños. Perfect for your New Year’s Day meal! Can make ahead of time and freeze for up to a month. Everyone LOVES this easy one-pan meal! #casserole #cornbread #freezermeal
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Black eyed peas are a must for New Year’s Day. Southern tradition says black eyed peas bring you luck in the new year. I never take any chances with luck in the new year, so we always have to eat black eyed peas!
This Black Eyed Pea Cornbread Casserole is loaded with all our favorites! Black eyed peas, sausage, jalapeños, green chiles, cheddar cheese, and cornbread. It is ridiculously good! All you need is a side of greens and you are all set for your New Year’s Day meal!
How to Make Black Eyed Pea Cornbread Casserole
This looks like a lot of ingredients, but you are basically just making homemade cornbread and stirring everything else in the batter. Start with cooking some sausage. Next combine cornmeal, flour, salt, baking soda, eggs, and buttermilk. Stir in the cooked sausage, black eyed peas, cheese, creamed corn, jalapenos, and diced green chiles. Pour the batter into a baking dish and bake.
- I used a roll of Jimmy Dean sausage.
- This does have a kick from the jalapeños and green chiles. If you are worried about the heat, I would suggest omitting the jalapeños.
- You can make this ahead of time and freeze it for up to a month. Bake the casserole and then freeze it. To reheat the casserole, thaw it and bake covered for 30 minutes at uncovered for 10 minutes. If you want to reheat this casserole frozen, bake it covered for an hour and uncovered for 10 minutes.
What to Serve with Black Eye Peas
This casserole is a must at our house for the holidays. This is also great at any time of the year. You don’t need a lot of sides with this casserole. It is a hearty one-pan meal. We usually serve this with some green beans or a salad.
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Black Eyed Pea Cornbread Casserole
Ingredients:
- 1 lb hot pork sausage
- 1 cup white cornmeal
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 (15-oz) can black eyed peas, drained
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ¾ cup creamed corn
- 1 (4-oz) can diced jalapeños
- 1 (4.5-oz) can diced green chiles
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a skillet over medium high heat, cook sausage until crumbled and no longer pink. Drain fat. Set aside.
- Combine cornmeal, flour, salt, baking soda, eggs, buttermilk and oil.
- Stir cooked sausage, black eyed peas, cheese, creamed corn, jalapeños and green chiles into cornbread batter. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake, uncovered, for 1 hour.
Notes:
- I used a roll of Jimmy Dean sausage.
- This does have a kick from the jalapeños and green chiles. If you are worried about the heat, I would suggest omitting the jalapeños.
- You can make this ahead of time and freeze it for up to a month. Bake the casserole and then freeze it. To reheat the casserole, thaw it and bake covered for 30 minutes at uncovered for 10 minutes. If you want to reheat this casserole frozen, bake it covered for an hour and uncovered for 10 minutes.
Steph
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Just made this. It was delicious!
I have searched years for a way to eat black eyed peas on New Year’s Day without holding my nose. This casserole is delicious. I have made it 2 years in a row for New Year’s. We serve it warm with coleslaw on top. Thank you for creating this recipe💗.
I have made this recipe several times. We are growing fresh okra so I cut some up and added it to this recipe. It is delicious! I took some to a potluck at church and there was none to bring home. I shared the recipe with those who were interested in having it. I do cook onions, bell peppers, and garlic along with the sausage. I use the whole can of creamed corn.
Do you happen to have/know the nutritious values for this recipe?
Thank you!
Camille
I made this today for my sister-in-laws gender reveal and my nieces birthday party. It was a big hit. Easy to make will make again. I only have one little piece left.
This is awesome and is my new go to for New Year’s Day! Thank you so much!
I was on the search for a recipe to use a can of Hoppin’ John I had in my cabinet, and came across this casserole. I subbed a couple of things like the canned Hoppin’ John for the black eyed peas, and with no creamed corn in the house I used canned seasoned greens. I had everything else on hand, so I thought I’d give it a try. OMG!! This is a delicious casserole. I will definitely be adding this to New Year’s brunch next year. Thank you for the recipe!!
SO glad you enjoyed it, Staci!