Instant Pot Black Eyed Peas and Ham

Here is an easy Instant Pot black eyed peas and ham recipe as well as how to make it in a crockpot too. Using dry black eyed peas and ham hocks this recipe is great to have on hand after the holidays when you need a leftover ham recipe or delicious made year round I tell you!

Ninja Foodi Black Eyed Peas

Make it in your Crockpot Express, Ninja Foodi or IP. These aren’t just ordinary peas, they have luck in that bag too. 😉 If it is near New Years Eve you might want to make this because it’s tradition. They’re pretty amazing year round too though.

We are going to focus on Instant Pot black eyed peas today but will share other methods of cooking as well. I will say using a pressure cooker to cook dry beans in general is your best bet. You can get them super tender in very little time and there is no soaking required really.

How to Cook Black Eyed Peas and Ham

We started using dry beans in our pressure cooker first when we made the most amazing no soak Instant Pot baked beans.

Then went on to make pressure cooker bean soup. Now we just can’t stop cooking from scratch because it’s so easy!

Pressure Cooker Black Eyed Peas and Ham Recipe

You can really add as many seasonings as you’d like, or just keep it simple as we did in the instructions below. If you want to know the best way of how to cook ham hocks this is it. Just throw them in first with the other items around them. Cut off meat at the end and discard bones etc..

What meat goes best with black-eyed peas?

Leftover meat or whole ham hock are great if that is all you have. It will lend to a lot of flavor but it is nice to have some diced ham inside too. I find you can make it two ways, as a kind of black eyed peas soup and a thicker version where it is more like a baked beans consistency with ham in it. Precooked ground beef would work too

Either way it’s super flavorful and homemade in every way. This Instant Pot black eyed peas recipe below is thicker but you can thin either one out with just some broth or water.

Should black-eyed peas be soaked before cooking?

Not if using a pressure cooker, we don’t with our Instant Pot Hoppin John either. I mean you can which will cut down on the cooking time quite a bit or use canned and you won’t need to cook it much at all. These instructions use dried peas that have just been rinsed to remove debris and in less than an hour they will become perfectly tender.

Easy Black Eyed Peas Recipe

We are a sucker for soups year round, and especially when it is chilly outside. Of course you can make black eyed peas and ham on the stovetop. Ever since I bought my Instant Pot I just don’t see the need for that when you can get beans and such tender in 30-60 minutes flat without soaking at all overnight.

Follow our Crockpot black eyed peas recipe here, or make slow cooker Hoppin John using canned or frozen that are already softened.

How to Cook Black Eyed Peas and Ham in a Pressure Cooker

Here’s a quick step by step but there’s a printable recipe card at the bottom too; Dice your oven baked ham leftovers into bite size pieces if you aren’t using a ham hock. All ingredients into your pressure cooker. Close lid and steam valve. Set Instant Pot to pressure, high, for 30 minutes.
Do a natural release for 10 minutes, release rest of steam and enjoy!