Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon

Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon is a wonderful way to ring in the New Year, but it’s also a favourite game-day food in our home. Whenever you make it, it is absolutely BURSTING at the seams with black eyed peas, corn, and bacon in a creamy, slightly spicy cheese sauce.

You’re probably familiar with the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day so I’ll spare the cultural lesson. Being married to a man born well south of the Mason Dixon and being the granddaughter of two very southern grandparents, black-eyed peas are part of my family’s heritage and I don’t mean the Fergalicious variety.

We always have one sort of black-eyed pea dip or another for our first day of the New Year; most often Recession Caviar a.k.a. Texas Caviar. This year, however, the annual bowl of chilled black-eyed pea salsa has been dethroned by our new favourite black-eyed pea recipe; Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea dip with Corn + Bacon.

Ooooh, mama. This is how you start a new year.

This warm dip is absolutely BURSTING at the seams with sweet corn, crispy bacon, buttery textured black-eyed peas, and garlic, all in a creamy sauce of melted Monterey Jack, cream cheese, sour cream, and crushed red pepper flakes, with some minced green onions stirred in at the end for a fresh POP of flavour.

Given that you stir everything but the bacon and green onions together at the beginning in a slow-cooker, cover it, and let it go on low for 2 to 3 hours, it’s pretty difficult to think of an easier addition to a New Year’s Eve buffet table or a New Year’s Day brunch or get -together.

While we love Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon as a dip with tortilla chips or vegetable sticks, it’s equally wonderful as a side dish to any multitude of proteins; grilled, roasted, broiled, or pan-fried pork, chicken, beef, or fish.

Are you looking for some more great slow cooker dishes? Crock Pot Beef and Noodles, Creamy Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken {or Slow Cooker}, and Crock Pot Mississippi Pot Roast!

Slow Cooker Black Eyed Pea Dip

I use frozen corn for Slow-Cooker Black Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon, because it’s a darned fine substitute for fresh corn on the cob in Western New York in December. Truth: when I make this in June, I also make it with frozen corn.

I find that the frozen corn holds up better structurally than corn shaved from the cob. In short, use frozen corn.

Could you use canned corn? Probably, if you drain it and rinse it, but I haven’t tested it that way!

There is absolutely no need to thaw the frozen corn first.

You will need to spray the inside of your slow-cooker crock before adding ingredients or you may find your cheese likelier to stick to the crock than the corn. That would be very sad.

Not a fan of non-stick cooking spray? Butter it generously.

Please note there is a range of measurements given for the crushed red pepper flakes. It probably goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway: use the lower end of the measurement if you don’t love spicy foods and the higher end of the measurements if you like it spicier.

Go somewhere down the middle if you’re unsure. You can always adjust upward on the heat quotient by adding hot sauce to individual servings.

After the 2 to 3 hour cooking time is up, you can turn the heat to the “Keep Warm” setting if your slow-cooker is so equipped, for up to 2 hours. Beyond that, you’ll probably want to transfer the contents to a bowl with a tight fitting lid and refrigerate. The leftovers are good for up to 5 days after cooking.

Kitchen Prep Tips {Use these to make Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon}

• Cutting Board
• Chef’s Knife
• Long Handled Spoon
• Slow-Cooker

Easy Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon

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Slow-Cooker Black-Eyed Pea Dip with Corn and Bacon is absolutely BURSTING at the seams with black eyed peas and corn a creamy cheese sauce.

Ingredients

  

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• 2 pounds frozen sweet corn
• 2 cans black-eyed peas or 3 cups home cooked black eyed peas, drained and rinsed., drained and rinsed
• 8 ounce brick neufchatel cream cheese labeled 1/3 less fat, cut into cubes
• 8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese grated
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 6 whole garlic cloves peeled and minced or pressed through a garlic press
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 to 3/4 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 pound bacon cooked until crisp
• 6 green onions green parts only, thinly sliced, then minced

Instructions

 

• Lightly spritz the crock of a slow-cooker with non-stick cooking spray or generously butter it. Stir together the sweet corn, black-eyed peas, cream cheese, Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, garlic, salt, and crushed red pepper flakes. Put the lid on the slow-cooker and set the cooker to LOW. Cook for 2-3 hours, or until the contents are uniformly hot, the cheese is melted, and the corn and black-eyed peas are coated with a creamy sauce. While the mixture is cooking, finely chop the crispy bacon and reserve 1 tablespoon of the chopped bacon along with 2 teaspoons of the minced green onion. Stir the remaining bacon and green onion into the hot dip then scoop the dip into a serving dish. Sprinkle the reserved bacon and green onion over the top and serve with chips or as a side dish.
• Leftovers can be stored, tightly wrapped, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Reheat covered but vented in a microwave on HIGH until hot all the way through.

Nutrition

Calories: 321kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 12gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 469mgPotassium: 370mgFiber: 3gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 355IUVitamin C: 5.3mgCalcium: 149mgIron: 1.5mg

Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.

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This post was originally published December 29, 2014. Updated with nutritional information and improved notes and tips December 27, 2017.