Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 (12 ounce) package reduced fat pork sausage
  • 3 (15.5 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, undrained
  • 2 (10 ounce) cans diced tomatoes with green chiles (such as Rotel(R))

Method

  • Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Scoop vegetables into a slow cooker.
  • Place sausage in the same skillet. Cook, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker; pour in black-eyed peas and diced tomatoes with green chiles.
  • Cook on Low until black-eyed peas are tender, about 16 hours.