Here is an easy pressure cooker black eyed peas and ham recipe with dry black-eyed peas and ham hocks or as a leftover ham recipe with your Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi. A delicious meal made year round I tell you!

Bowl of black eyed peas, garnished with ham, in front of an Instant Pot, placed on white and turquoise plates.

Ok we are back with a crockpot and Instant Pot black eyed peas and ham recipe! No matter what method you use this comes out hearty and is really cheap to make too. If you have a pressure cooker at home we have this + 101+ Instant Pot recipes to choose from. (affiliate links present)

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Ninja Foodi Black Eyed Peas and Ham

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.

If you are new to pressure cooking we have a lot of easy one pot meal recipes for you here. To begin with let’s start with a few basic tips:

Make sure to Bookmark our InstaPot recipes page. We add new ones each week!
Then PRINT this —–> Instant Pot cooking times cheat sheet that will help you understand how long meat, vegetables and beans take to cook in your pressure cooker.
I HIGHLY recommend you buy this non stick pot.
- You should know how to deglaze a pressure cooker after sautéing but it won’t have as many issues with this better liner.

For reference, this is the model I have (a 6 quart) and use for all recipe creations.

A white Instant Pot with a Star Wars theme sits on the kitchen counter, ready to tackle your favorite beef arm roast recipe. The digital display glows "On." Next to it lie a patterned cloth and some green onions, all against the backdrop of blue kitchen cabinets and a stovetop.

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!

Easy Instant Pot 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 with Salt Pork

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. Here’s a quick step by step but there’s a printable recipe card at the bottom too.

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

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!

A hearty bowl of black-eyed peas and ham, beautifully garnished with chopped green onions.

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