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Hoppin' John, also known as Carolina peas and rice, is a peas and rice dish served in the Southern United States. It is made with black-eyed peas. A classic Southern dish to celebrate New Year's. The dish that black eyed peas are most famous for is Hoppin' John.
Hopping John is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Hopping John is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have hopping john using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Hopping John:
- Get 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
- Make ready 1 small smoked ham hock (about 1/2 pound)
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 10 cups water
- Prepare 1/2 pound spicy chorizo sausage or spicy Italian sausage
- Get 1 cup rice
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 cup sliced scallions (6 to 7)
Eat poor that day, eat rich the rest of the year. Rice for riches and peas for peace. This recipe for Hoppin' John black-eyed peas is a southern dish rich with tradition and lore served to celebrate the New Year. Hoppin' John is a traditional New Year's Day dish.
Instructions to make Hopping John:
- Soak the black-eyed peas overnight in water to cover by 2 inches. Drain well.
- In a large pot, combine the drained black-eyed peas, ham hock, bay leaves, garlic and water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a high simmer, partially cover and cook until the peas are almost tender, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, remove the casings from the chorizo or prick the sausage in several places with the tines of a fork. Fill a medium skillet with about 1/8 inch of water. Add the sausages and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook the sausages until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Set them aside and discard the cooking juices. When cool enough to handle, cut the sausages into 1/2 inch dice.
- Add the sausage, rice and salt to the pot, recover and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in the scallions and bell pepper about 10 minutes before the rice is done. If desired, pull off any meat from the ham hocks and add to the pot. Discard the bay leaves.
This recipe for Hoppin' John black-eyed peas is a southern dish rich with tradition and lore served to celebrate the New Year. Hoppin' John is a traditional New Year's Day dish. Traditionally, Hoppin' John is a one-pot recipe. The Southern-style classic uses thick-cut bacon as opposed to a ham hock (which can overpower the dish). Traditionally, Hoppin' John is a one-pot recipe, but that often produces soupy results.
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