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Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili

Name: Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 52 min
Total time: 57 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 pound lean ground beef; 1 pound hot Italian ground sausage; 1 medium onion,, chopped; 1/2 green bell pepper,, seeded and chopped; 2 garlic cloves,, minced; 4 cups beef broth; 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce; 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes; 1 pound frozen black-eyed peas; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepepr; 1 (14-ounce) bag frozen corn

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili is a hearty and meaty southern chili filled with black-eyed peas, corn, tomatoes, ground beef, and Italian sausage.

Prep5 min
Cook52 min
Total57 min
Serves8
Rating4.7

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili is a hearty and meaty southern chili filled with black-eyed peas, corn, tomatoes, ground beef, and Italian sausage. Serve with cornbread for a filling cold weather meal.

With 2 pounds of meat, this is a really meaty meal. The Italian sausage gives it a nice spicy kick. This recipe makes a huge batch of chili and leftovers reheat well.

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili- a hearty southern chili

For ease of preparation, this recipe uses frozen corn and black-eyed peas.

To make Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili, start by cooking the ground beef, sausage, onion, and green pepper in a large Dutch oven. Break the meat apart with a wooden spoon as much as you can. Drain off most of the fat. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

Next add 4 cups of beef broth, a can of tomato sauce, a can of diced tomatoes (undrained), a teaspoon each of oregano and chili powder and some salt and pepper plus the black-eyed peas. Simmer for 40 minutes, being sure to stir occasionally so it doesn’t burn on the bottom.

Add the corn and cook 5 more minutes.

Black-Eyed Pea and Sausage Chili is best served with some cornbread. This chili is so thick and chunky and full of flavor. I love the flavor of black-eyed peas. They give the chili so much more flavor than beans do.