Good Luck New Year Cornbread Skillet
Serve up your good luck for the New Year with pork, black-eyed peas and collards under a layer of golden cornbread, in one skillet!
Whether or not this dish brings you good luck or prosperity in the new year, it’s a delicious to enjoy these Southern flavors!
Collards or greens represent the green of money, black-eyed peas symbolize coins, and cornbread stands for gold. Eating pork on New Year’s Day is thought to bring good luck since pigs represent prosperity and because they “root forward” with their noses, symbolizing progress.
You can make this recipe in one skillet if you prefer. I adapted the recipe and used two 6-inch skillets and box of Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix for the cornbread topping for an easy short cut.
Make your filling with smoked sausage, add onion, and cook over medium-high heat until the sausage is browned and the onion is softened, stirring occasionally. Add the black-eyed peas, chicken broth, greens, and hot pepper sauce; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer 10 minutes.
Combine the cornbread topping ingredients in a large bowl, stirring until blended. Spoon batter just around the edge of the sausage mixture in the skillet. Bake until the topping is golden brown, about 25 – 30 minutes.
I have a small collection of vintage New Year post cards and one that offers a message for good luck. . .
'A Happy New Year, dear friend, that’s my wish for you.
And lots of good luck I also send to last the whole year through!'
Find appetizers, mini desserts and good luck food to ring in the New Year, HERE.
Good Luck New Year Cornbread Skillet
Recipe details
- 8 servings
- Prep time: 30 Minutes Cook time: 30 Minutes Total time: 1 hr
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I don’t have cast iron skillets. I’ll have to get some.