CREAMED PEAS AND POTATOES – The Southern Lady Cooks

This dish for creamed peas and potatoes is a wonderful side dish that your family will love.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We love delicious side dishes and this one doesn’t disappoint. It’s an old-fashioned dish that our Nanny used to make, and we all loved it. It’s a great addition to any meal and we sometimes add it to our holiday menu. Check out all our favorite holiday dishes here.

SWAPS

We make this dish with bacon drippings, but you don’t have to. You can easily make this without it, and it’s still delicious. We peel the potatoes, but you don’t have to do that either. We make this with evaporated milk, but you can use regular milk.

OTHER HOLIDAY SIDE DISHES

Creamed Peas and Potatoes

Judy Yeager

This dish for Creamed Peas and Potatoes is delicious. Perfect side dish for any occasion and a wonderful addition to the holiday season.

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American, southern

• 3 large russet potatoes can use red potatoes
• 3 slices bacon cooked crisp
• 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup chopped green onion can use regular onion
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 12 ounce can evaporated milk (can use regular milk)
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 16 ounce bag frozen green peas (can use fresh peas)

• Peel the potatoes and cut into pieces. You can leave peelings on but I don’t.  Cover with water and bring to a boil on stove.  Cook potato pieces about 8 minutes.  Do not overcook or they will become mushy.

• Cook the bacon in a skillet on top of the stove, remove and drain, set aside.  Save 1 tablespoon of the bacon drippings in the skillet.  Add the butter and onion to the bacon drippings and saute’ onions.  Sprinkle in flour and pour in milk and cook until mixture starts to thicken like you are making gravy.   You don’t want it too thick.

• Pour in peas and drained potatoes. Add salt and pepper.  Turn heat to low for peas to cook.  Only takes about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and crumble bacon on top.

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