Traditional Hopping John Recipe

Free Recipe Traditional Hopping John

Recipe Type: R Recipes

Recipe Preparation: simmer

Cooking Ingredients for Traditional Hopping John Recipe

4 Bacon strips
1/4 c Onion, diced
1/2 Bell pepper, diced
1/2 Red bell pepper, diced
2 c FRESH Blackeyed peas
-or purple hull peas
-OR-
2 pk (10 oz) frozen blackeyed
-peas
1/2 c Uncooked white rice
2 c Water
Salt & pepper, to taste
Louisiana Hot Sauce

Traditional Hopping John Preparation

Dice bacon. brown in dutch oven with onion and pepeprs, until bacon is crisp and vegetables are soft. Add peas and rice. then water. Cover and simmer over very low heat about 20 minutes, until the rice is tender. Salt & pepper to taste. Add a dash of hot sauce (to taste). This recipe came to America from Africa though the slave trade. It is now the traditional dish served by most Southerners on New Year”s Day. It is reported to bring good luck. Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon From Gemini”s MASSIVE MealMaster collection

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Recipe Serves: 10

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