Best 2 New Years Soup Recipes

NEW YEARS GOOD LUCK SOUP

Steps:

• In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, brown sausage along with onion and garlic. When the sausage browned add all of the other ingredients and mix well. Bring up to a boil. Reduce heat to simmer and cook for 45 minutes to an hour.
• If you want to do this in your slow cooker. Brown the sausage with the onion and garlic first in a skillet. When browned place the meat with the other ingredients in a 5 - 6 quart slow cooker and cook on low 6-8 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
• Serve with your favorite cornbread. Letting this soup sit a day or 2 will meld the flavors even more.

BLACK EYE PEA "HOPPIN JOHN" SOUP FOR NEW YEARS

Steps:

• 1. The night before... Put smoked ham hocks in the crock pot with 3 cups of water. Simmer over night.
• 2. The night before..... Rinse the black eye peas and put in a saucepan, covered with water. Bring to a boil. Cover and let sit for one hour.Drain,and rinse two tines. Put in a bowl covered with fresh cold water. Put in refrigerator over night.
• 3. Next morning: strain the pork hocks,and the liquid, into a bowl. Pick out, the pork hock meat,bones,and skin and put on a plate to cool. Now strain the liquid again, put the clear liquid back into the crock pot. and add the drained black eye peas. Cook on high.
• 4. When the hocks are cool enough , pick off all the meat. Throw all scraps away, and put the meat back into the crock pot. Cover. Cook the rice. Set aside.
• 5. Scrape and slice the carrots into coins,chop the onion, and put into the crock pot. Cook on high till the carrots are done.
• 6. When the carrots are done add the cooked rice, and the cut up canned spinach. Add more chicken broth if needed. Simmer til serving time.
• 7. Instead of canned spinach you can use fresh cut up collard greens,or fresh spinach. Serve with hot sauce, and home made corn bread, for a delicious meal. Or at half timefor your foot ball friends! Happy New Year ! ....12/17/11