Black-Eyed Pea Sausage Dip

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 large onion , chopped
• 4 stalks celery , chopped
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 package reduced fat pork sausage , 12 ounce
• 3 cans black-eyed peas , 15.5 ounce
• 2 cans diced tomatoes with green chiles , 10 ounce

Instructions

1. 1

   Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and celery; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Scoop vegetables into a slow cooker.

2. 2

   Place sausage in the same skillet. Cook, breaking apart with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker; pour in black-eyed peas and diced tomatoes with green chiles.

3. 3

   Cook on Low until black-eyed peas are tender, about 16 hours.