{"id":629,"slug":"chicken-and-black-eyed-pea-stew","title":"Chicken and Black-eyed Pea Stew","description":"This dish is a spicy chicken black-eyed pea stew or curry. It is a meal on its own.","ingredients_raw":["1 cup of dry black-eyed peas (or about 2 cups canned)","2–3 tbsp vegetable oil or chicken fat","2 medium (~2 cups) chopped white or red onions","2 ea. (~2 cups) chopped carrots","1 stalk (~½–1 cup) chopped celery including the leaves","6 cloves garlic, minced","1–2 tbsp minced ginger","½ tsp salt","1 tsp black pepper, preferably freshly-crushed peppercorns","1 cup uncooked long-grained rice, preferably brown rice","2 cups chicken stock, canned tomato liquid, water, or vegetable stock","2 cups canned tomatoes (crushed or diced), or 1 pound diced fresh tomatoes.","1 pound bone-in chicken meat (e.g. two chicken legs)","2 medium to hot chile peppers (optional)","2 tsp curry powder stirred into the juice of ½ lemon"],"ingredients_norm":["dry black eyed pea","vegetable oil or chicken fat","white or red onion","ea. chopped carrot","celery including the leaf","garlic","ginger","salt","black pepper","uncooked long grained rice","chicken stock canned tomato liquid water or vegetable stock","canned tomato","bone in chicken meat","to hot chili pepper","curry powder stirred into the juice of lemon"],"steps":["If using dry black-eyed peas, wash them, then cook for 20 minutes or until al dente. When done, drain.","Meanwhile, sauté onions, carrots, and celery in oil for 5 minutes.","Add garlic, ginger, salt, and pepper, and sauté for 2 more minutes.","Stir rice into vegetable mix.","Add stock and tomatoes, then bring to a boil.","Add the cooked black-eyed peas.","Add meat, cook a further 5 minutes, turn heat to low, and let simmer for 30–40 minutes. The stew is ready when the rice is soft.","Add chili peppers and curry-lemon paste, then cook for 10 more minutes. Serve hot."],"categories":["Stew recipes","Recipes for curry","Recipes for stew","Boiled recipes","Main course recipes","Recipes using chicken","Recipes using carrot","Recipes using celery","Recipes using chile","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using cowpea","Recipes using curry powder","Recipes using fresh ginger","Recipes using vegetable oil"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":"6–8","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chicken_and_Black-eyed_Pea_Stew","source_ref":"4518586","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Chicken_and_Black-eyed_Pea_Stew&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"05b12c7c01582b623cb6985a59ecadabccef749d23256bc5453197560cfa15e4","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:42:58Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/chicken-and-black-eyed-pea-stew"}