Home-canned black-eyed peas, ready to use, are really useful to have on hand for adding to soups and bean dishes. They can be very nice on top of rice.
You can make your own for pennies a jar. They will even taste better than store canned ones, not having that typical tinny taste.
Quantities of dried black-eyed peas needed
Numbers are approximate guidelines.
- Allow 175 g (6 oz) dried black-eyed peas per half-litre (US pint) jar. 1.5 kg (3 lbs 6 oz) for a canner load of 9 jars;
- Allow 350 g (¾ lbs) dried black-eyed peas per litre (US quart) jar.
The recipe
Jar size choices: Quarter-litre (½ US pint) OR half-litre (1 US pint) OR 1 litre (1 US quart)
Processing method: Pressure canning only
Yield: varies
Headspace: 3 cm (1 inch)
Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet)
Processing time: Quarter-litres (½ US pint) and half-litres (pints) 75 minutes; litres (quarts) 90 minutes
Canning black-eyed peas
Ingredients
- black-eyed peas (dried)
- water
Instructions
- Either (a) long-soak the dried black-eyed peas overnight covered with water, OR (b) quick-soak by covering them with water in a saucepan, bring to a boil, boil 2 minutes and let stand for an hour.
- However the beans were soaked, drain and discard the soaking water.
- Put in a pot, cover with fresh water, boil 30 minutes.
- Pack in jars: quarter-litre (½ US pint) or half-litre (1 US pint) or 1 litre (US quart)
- Leave 3 cm (1 inch) headspace.
- Top up each jar with clean boiling water (such as from a kettle, for instance) or with the water you just boiled them in, maintaining headspace.
- Debubble; adjust headspace.
- Wipe jar rims.
- Put lids on.
- Processing pressure: 10 lbs (69 kPa) weighted gauge, 11 lbs (76 kpa) dial gauge (adjust pressure for your altitude when over 300 metres / 1000 feet)
- Processing time: quarter-litre (½ US pint) 75 minutes; half-litre (1 US pint) 75 minutes; 1 litre (US quart) 90 minutes.
Nutrition
Processing guidelines below are for weighted-gauge pressure canner. See also if applicable: Dial-gauge pressures.
| Jar Size | Time | 0 to 300 m (0 - 1000 feet) pressure | Above 300 m (1000 ft) pressure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ litre (½ US pint) | 75 mins | 10 lbs | 15 lbs | |
| ½ litre (1 US pint) | 75 mins | 10 lbs | 15 lbs | |
| 1 litre (1 US quart) | 90 mins | 10 lbs | 15 lbs |
Reference information
How to pressure can.
When pressure canning, you must adjust the pressure for your altitude.
More information about Salt-Free Canning in general.
What is the shelf life of home canned goods?
Recipe notes
- The USDA guidelines don’t mention the smaller ¼ litre (½ US pint) size jar, but it’s fine to do so, and it’s really handy to have that 1 cup size for garnishes, salads, etc. It just has to have the same processing time as the next tested size up.
- The beans must be partially rehydrated by the methods described before going into the jars. It is not safe to put dried beans in a jar and fill with water, nor will the quality of the product be good either.
- Canning liquid: The USDA suggests to use the cooking water — the water you cooked in the beans in. So Easy to Preserve (2014, page 86) says instead to use (fresh) boiling water.
- About a day after canning, the water in the jars may turn cloudy. That is normal.
Recipe source
Beans or Peas – Shelled, Dried: All Varieties. In: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Complete guide to home canning. Agriculture information bulletin No. 539. 2015. Page 4-5.
Modifications: none
Nutrition
Cooked, per ½ cup / 86 g:
- 100 calories
*Src: USA pulses.org, accessed June 2020 at https://www.usapulses.org/consumers/nutritious
Belinda DeBelli
For New Years I made too many black eyed peas seasoned with bacon. Can I pressure can the left overs using the cooking liquid?
Healthy Canning
Do not can leftovers of any kind.