Black Eye Pea Dip New Years Recipe – {for good luck!}

Black Eye Peas are a traditional New Years Eve recipe addition because they signify good luck! Here is a black eye pea dip recipe with bacon that is soooo good you will want to make it all year long!

“Eat poor on New Year’s, and eat fat the rest of the year.”

This is a southern tradition that has many stories as to how it started. The one that I have always heard is also the one wiki states.

When Union troops, especially in areas targeted by General William Tecumseh Sherman, typically stripped the countryside of all stored food, crops, and livestock, and destroyed whatever they could not carry away. At that time, Northerners considered “field peas” and field corn suitable only for animal fodder, and did not steal or destroy these humble foods.

In the Southern United States, the peas are typically cooked with a pork product for flavoring (such as bacon, ham bones, fatback, or hog jowl), diced onion, and served with a hot chili sauce or a pepper-flavored vinegar.

Try some yummy Black Eye Pea Dip tonight as part of your celebration!

You can see my New Years menu plan HERE and 5 Fun FREE New Years Ideas HERE, also Print a FREE New Years Year in Review for your kids to do!