Hoppin' John
- Ready In:
- 3hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄4 cups dried black-eyed peas
- 4 cups water
- 1 1⁄2 cups chopped onions
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- 8 ounces coarsely chopped salt pork
- Tabasco sauce
- 1 cup uncooked white rice
directions
- Boil the black-eyed peas for two minutes, then remove from heat and set aside for 1 hour.
- Add the onion, garlic, black pepper, crushed red pepper, and bay leaf.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
- Stir in the salt pork and simmer 1 more hour, uncovered, stirring frequently.
- Meanwhile, prepare the rice as directed on the package.
- Remove the salt pork and the bay leaf from the beans.
- Stir in Tabasco sauce.
- Serve over rice.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MaryMc
SeaTac, Washington
I live with my husband near Seattle. I'm a college administrator, a Mac geek, a Deadhead, and a fat activist. I love to mess around (and make a mess) in the kitchen--there isn't much that I don't like to cook. My pie crust is getting almost as good as my mother's, and that's saying something!
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