Tam's Black-Eye Peas

Ingredients

• 1 smoked turkey leg
• 3 linkss hot beef link sausage , diced
• 0.25 cups finely chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
• 6 cups water , or as needed
• 3 , 16 ounce
• 1 teaspoon white sugar

Instructions

1. 1

   Place smoked turkey leg, sausage, onion, garlic salt, black pepper, and seasoned salt into a large soup pot; pour in water to cover. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until the meat is tender, about 1 hour.

2. 2

   Stir black-eyed peas into soup, adding more water as needed to cover peas by 1 inch: bring to a boil. Again reduce heat and simmer until the peas are tender and have begun to break apart, about 1 more hour.

3. 3

   Remove turkey bones and tendons from the turkey meat and discard the bones. Add sugar and simmer until the soup is slightly creamy and thickened, stirring frequently, about 10 minutes