Soup Recipe ∞ New Year's Day Soup

This soup will bring you good luck for the new year! It is a yummy way to make sure you have your black-eyed peas - a Southern New Year's tradition.

Ingredients

• 1 pound dry black-eyed peas
• 3 (10.5 ounce) cans beef broth
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix
• 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced
• 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies, drained
• ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions

1. In a large saucepan with enough water to cover, soak the black-eyed peas 8 hours, or overnight.
2. Drain and rinse the soaked black-eyed peas, and return to the saucepan. Mix in the beef broth, dry onion soup mix, sausage, rice, and green chilies. Season with pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour and 30 minutes, or until the beans are tender. Add water as necessary to keep the ingredients covered with liquid.

Nutrition Facts

• calories312.7
• carbohydrateContent35.1 g
• cholesterolContent25.7 mg
• fatContent12.7 g
• fiberContent5.2 g
• proteinContent13.7 g
• saturatedFatContent4.5 g
• sodiumContent1130.5 mg
• sugarContent4.3 g