Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, hopping john. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Hopping John is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Hopping John is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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 (or red cowpeas such as iron and clay peas in the Southeast US) and rice, chopped onion, and sliced bacon, seasoned with salt. A classic Southern dish to celebrate New Year's.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have hopping john using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Hopping John:
- Get 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
- Prepare 1 small smoked ham hock (about 1/2 pound)
- Prepare 2 bay leaves
- Get 2 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 10 cups water
- Get 1/2 pound spicy chorizo sausage or spicy Italian sausage
- Prepare 1 cup rice
- Get 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1 cup sliced scallions (6 to 7)
The dish is typically made with long-grain white rice and. I'd been developing this Vegan Hoppin' John recipe, so I included it on the menu. So many black-eyed pea preparations I've tried in the past have been bland and flavorless. Hopping John is a traditional New Year's Day food in the American South.
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.
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