BLACK-EYED PEA CASSEROLE
This Black-Eyed Pea Casserole is made with pork sausage and rice. It’s absolutely delicious!
If you love black-eyed pea dishes, you will want to try our Hoppin John! It’s made in the crock pot and always a hit!
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love the combination of pork sausage with black-eyed peas. It’s taste great and this is a hearty main dish. It’s easy to throw together, reheats well and has fantastic flavor. Plus if you are having it for New Year’s it has two ingredients you want to have, pork and black-eyed peas. Add our Southern Style Cabbage and you are set!
SWAPS
You can swap out the pork sausage for ground beef or ground turkey. If you are not a fan of green chilis you can just use a can of diced tomatoes.
⭐TIPS
We do not drain the tomatoes; you can if you like, but the recipe includes rice, and it soaks up most of the liquid. Also, we don’t drain the black-eyed peas because they are thick in the can and there is nothing to drain. If your black-eyed peas are full of liquid, you can drain them. This recipe includes 2 cups of cooked rice. So you will cook ONE cup of rice and that will be 2 cups made.
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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
We store this in an air tight container in the refrigerator. Reheat in the microwave and it makes about 6-8 servings.
Black-Eyed Pea Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb of pork breakfast sausage
- 1/2 cup of onions chopped
- 1/2 cup of green peppers chopped
- 1 can of Rotels diced tomatoes and green chilies
- 2 cans of black-eye peas
- 1/2 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon of oregano
- 1 can of cream of chicken soup
- 2 cups of cooked rice
- 1 cup of cheddar cheese shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Brown sausage, onions and peppers until sausage is no longer pink. Add can of Rotels, Cajun seasoning and oregano and let simmer for 10 minutes.
- Next add the 2 cans of black-eyed peas, cooked rice and cream of chicken soup to meat mixture. Put entire mixture in 2 quart casserole dish. Top with one cup of cheddar cheese. Cook in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Notes
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Have you tried the black-eyed peas w/o rice? Looks yummy, but I don’t want the rice.
Yes, we love this black-eyed pea chili and it has no rice: https://thesouthernladycooks.com/black-eyed-pea-chili/
This dish is so flavorable! Everyone raved about it. I added some garlic powder and served with corn bread. Will definitely make again and just not on New Years.
YAY!! Thank you SOO much for letting us know it was a hit. We love this one too and try to enjoy it a few times throughout the year.
This was a really enjoyable easy to make dish. We ate it on New Year’s Day and were pleased with how it turned out. I’m adding it to our rotation.
So glad to hear this!!
Could you freeze half of this casserole – before baking – with good results?
Love all of your recipes!
I think you could do that Vickie, but I have never tried. I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
I will make this Blackeye Peas Casserole, it looks delicious.
Hope you love it!
I would like to know if you can use cooked dried black eyed peas. I cook them in my instant pot & was wondering if you think they would work in this recipe? Thank you Tammy
Yes, I think if they were cooked already they would work fine.
Can I prepare two cups of Minute Rice for this, as that is all I have on hand. Thanks!
I think that would work just fine.
When I read the Black Eyed Pea casserole recipe, I knew I wanted to try it. It did not disappoint. It comes together easily and is very flavorful. We really liked it and will be making it again.Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe with us.
You’re so welcome! This is one of our favorites too!
I’ve always made traditional black eyed peas/hog jowl/cornbread for New Year’s. I decided to try this for a change. Omg. I’ll be making this casserole all year long! I added extra garlic, garlic powder and onion powder, but stayed very close to the recipe. This filled a 3 qt casserole dish. Put some panko on top for crunch, probably should’ve used some cornbread crumbs instead! Thanks for the recipe. This is delicious!
YAY!! We are so thrilled to hear this was a hit!! We love this recipe too and enjoy it a few times a year.
Made this last night and the whole family loved it! I love all your recipes, keep up the good work ladies!
So glad it was a hit! We love this recipe too!
Easy to make and flavorful meal. Will definitely add this to the rotation. It’s lighter than you think, so a green vegetable and bread round out the dish.
Can ground beef be used instead of sausage in the Black Eye Casserole?
Of course.
Are you able to make this ahead of time in the morning and have it that evening?
Yes, this dish reheats well.
Made this tonight. A great week-night family meal. I keep onions and bell peppers chopped in the freezer, so I just stirred everything together, put it in a 9X13, covered with the cheese and baked. Prep took all of 5 minutes. Served with a side salad and we were good to go. The whole recipe was a lot for just the two of us. Next time, I’ll half the recipe (freeze half the Rotel and soup for the next time we make it). Thank you for your recipes. Haven’t made one yet that we didn’t absolutely love!
Thrilled this was a hit and you love the recipes. Thank you so much for letting us know!
This recipe is amazing! Add some greens and cornbread, perfect New Year’s dinner! Thank you for sharing!
My husband and I love this recipe. It is so easy and its downright delicious. Raising up one of the cultures was eating black eye peas and collard greens. This recipe is now my black eye peas recipe! Thank you!
We LOVE this casserole. Top with chopped green onions and make a pan of cornbread and you have a delicious meal. Thank you for this recipe.
So glad you love it! We agree… adding cornbread makes this one fantastic!
I love this recipe! My whole family does to. We leave out the rice and serve it with tortilla chips as it serves as a great dip also. Tonight, I cut up 3 small potatoes into bit sized pieces and that was really good. Bake time is longer with potatoes. Could par boil them for regular 25 minute bake time though. I’ve also added 3-5 slices of bacon chopped up and some jalapeños. It’s ALL good!
This was the best way EVER to eat black eyed peas!! So so good . I will be making this again and again.
We’re thrilled you enjoyed it! Thank you for the kind comment.
Very tasty, however I think that I will omit the oregano the next time I make.
I made this but substituted a pkg of shredded coleslaw for 1 cup of the rice. It was OUTSTANDING! I love this
Cannot wait to try this. We love black eyed peas! I’m going to use spicy Italian sausage because that’s what I have on hand.
Made several times now, delicious
EXCELLENT RECIPE! made it with leftover ham and pepper-jack cheese because that’s what I had– I probably added extra Cajun seasoning– I never measure (so this is a versatile recipe) SO GOOD. I served it with cornbread. My favorite part tho– not having to0 drain the Rotel tomatoes, or the black eye peas!
Great recipe! Easy to make my husband loved it! My sister wanted me to share recipe. Had everything on hand. Love this a real winner.
Made this today. Used Jimmy Dean Sausage and 2 cups of cheese. Poured 1/2 of mixture in dish sprinkled 1 cup of cheese over it. Spread the remaining mixture over the cheese then sprinkled the 2nd cup on top. Baked in a 9×13 dish.
Served with toasted French Bread.
We loved it.
Agree. This was amazing. Ingredients sounded bland but it was very tasty. Put half in the freezer for later. Can’t wait to eat that one.
Did you freeze half of it after it was cooked or before?
What is the Cajun seasoning made up of?
Here is our recipe for Cajun seasoning:
https://thesouthernladycooks.com/make-your-own-cajun-seasoning/
This was absolutely delicious!! Going to become a staple in our house! The flavor is wonderful. I love all your recipes, your website and magazine are both so good!
Are you supposed to drain the black-eyed peas or add them undrained?
No, you do not drain them.
I drained and it turned out fine.
This dish is soooooo good! My family loves black eyed peas and this recipe didn’t disappoint. Thank you!
If you made this as a side dish what would you serve with it? I am going to make this for sure!
This dish is made with pork so if you serve it as a side maybe chicken or beef. Trust me, it’s good with anything. 🙂
I made The Black eye pea casserole with plant based protein for the meat, a can of coconut milk for the can of condensed chicken, cooked brown rice in place of the white rice & Daiya shreds for my cheese substitute. The Bomb!!! I’ve already forwarded it to a few family members who are plant based.
What is not to enjoy in this recipe?
Love trying new recipes! Can’t wait to make. jewel
I’m trying to find a casserole recipe that has black eyed peas, cabbage, and pork. Get all the good luck I can lol. Would you think a layer of cabbage at the bottom of the pan kind of like a bottom layer would work? Also would substituting cream of mushroom for the cream of chicken mess up the recipe too much?
You could switch out the hamburger in this soup for sausage.. but as far as the casserole.. I am not sure. it may work just fine.
https://thesouthernladycooks.com/black-eyed-pea-cabbage-soup/
Sounds delicious and I’m very grateful to have a new and exciting recipe to try.
Want to make this for New Years. Do you drain the cans of Rotel and black eyed peas or use the liquid?
I didn’t drain the peas.
What about the Rotel? Should it be drained?
I don’t drain the rotels. You can if you want to.
Is it 1 cup of cooked rice or 2 cups? I’m confused. Thanks.
It is one cup of uncooked rice.. then you cook it and that makes 2 cups of rice. One cup of uncooked rice.. cooked makes 2 cups.
What can I use in place of the sausage?
Leave it out if you don’t want sausage in it.
I can’t wait to make this for New Years!!!!!
What could you use in place of rice for this recipe, my husband does not like rice at all. Could you just omit it from the recipe and maybe put more cheese in it? Maybe some velvetia cubes stired into the mix before placing it in the oven and still putting cheese on top
You can try it, I am sure it would be fine.
What kind of sausage is used in this recipe? I’m thinking either smoked sausage or perhaps a roll of breakfast sausage? It sounds delicious either way.
Hi Brenda, we used pork breakfast sausage. Thanks!