

One of the charming customs of the south is to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day, for good luck in the coming year. Ever heard of Hoppin’ John?
While I don’t live in the Southern U.S. – Southern California is my home – I can borrow their culinary culture for today, can’t I, and mash it up with Mexican food?
I need all the luck I can get (don’t you?), so I am not leaving anything to chance!
Tonight I’m relaxing with this 5-ingredient, super simple, homey, tasty dinner that is bound to amplify my luck.
To make things easy, I’m using shelled and steamed, ready-to-eat black-eyed peas. Feel free to take the time to cook dried black-eye peas from scratch if you like, or use a canned, drained version. My motto is use what you have on hand, and whichever variety you prefer.
As the Irish blessing goes, “May good luck be your friend in whatever you do and may trouble be always a stranger to you.”
Happy New Year to everyone!
Recipe: Black-Eyed Pea Quesadillas
Summary: Earthy black-eyed peas join with aged cheddar and warm spices in a New Year’s Day quesadilla designed to capture good luck for the coming year.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place peas in a microwave-safe covered container and microcook for 3 minutes. Remove and set aside, with lid on.
- Heat a griddle on medium. Lay 3 tortillas onto the griddle, top with cheese, then beans, and sprinkle cumin and chile powder liberally over each. Put tortilla “lid” on each stack and cook, without disturbing, for 2-3 minutes, until cheese looks like it is melting/melted.
- Using 2 wide spatulas or pancake turners, carefully flip each quesadilla over to toast the other side. (Warning: if the cheese isn’t melted when you flip, the peas will fall out! The melted cheese acts as “glue.”) Allow to toast for another 1-2 minutes. It’s good to get the tortillas toasty, but not burned.
- Remove quesadillas to a cutting board, allow to rest for a minute, and then cut into wedges, using a large knife. Cut each quesadilla into 6ths. Serve immediately.
- Serves 3-4.
Source
Dorothy Reinhold | Shockingly Delicious
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 3-4
Culinary tradition: USA (Nouveau)
My rating
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Other ideas for easy Weekday Supper recipes are:
- Monday – No One Likes Crumbley Cookies – Walnut Apple Salad
- Tuesday – The Not So Cheesy Kitchen – Lentil Soup
- Wednesday – Shockingly Delicious – Black-Eyed Pea Quesadillas for New Year’s Day Good Luck
- Thursday – Cindy’s Recipes and Writings – Chicken Barley Soup
- Friday – girlichef – Balsamic Brown Sugar-Glazed Pork Tenderloin {slow cooker}
Disclosure: Melissa’s Produce and Kerrygold Cheese sent products for recipe development.
I am a Southerner who’s never quite taken a liking to Black Eyed Peas, although I, too, find the tradition charming. So yes, have been experimenting with different ideas to incorporate them into recipes. Great idea, Dorothy!
Gisele,
Thanks! We miss you here in L.A.
Love these!! I have some black-eyes peas leftover from Sunday. I know what I’m having for lunch. Thanks!
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These look delicious! Happy New Years!
Oh yes ! It looks delicious ! Thank you and have the best of all in 2017 !
Black eyed peas for good luck. That sounds amazing!
What a great idea, thanks for sharing!
This is such a clever way to sneak in those black eyed peas for good luck in the New Year!
YUM! We love quesadillas at our house!! And these are a must try!!
I love the whole black eyed peas on New Years thing….it’s not something I had ever heard of until blogging!
I can bet these are packed with flavor!
I’ve always loved black-eyed peas and this is such a great idea!
Perfect dinner for New Years Eve!! Great quesadillas with black eyed peas
These look delicious. And lucky!
I have a feeling these would go over well at my house!!! Great for munching on while watching the New Year’s football games.
Happy New Year. XOGREG
Originally being from Texas, black-eyed peas are a must on New Years. My husband isn’t crazy about them but I think he would like the quesadillas.
I wanted to make something with black eyed peas to celebrate the new year, but couldn’t figure out what… Thanks for the idea!
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Happy happ New Year to ou and yours, Dorothy! Yes, I certainly can use all the luck available as well and therefore this Southern German girl is serving Hoppin John. I love this recipe for yup these deliciously easy black eyed pea quesadilla. Perfect!
Perfect Recipe to Start the New Year! Happy New Year Dorothy. Many, many blessings to you and your family in 2014!
Family Foodie and Renee,
Thank you, Isabel and Renee!
Good-bye black bean quesadillas and hello lucky black-eyed pea quesadillas! Great way to start the new year.