Traditional Hopping John Recipe
Yield: 10 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
4: Bacon strips,
1/4 cup: Onion, diced
1/2: Bell pepper, diced
1/2: Red bell pepper, diced
2 cup: FRESH Blackeyed peas or purple hull peas OR-,
2 package: , (10 oz) frozen blackeyed peas
1/2 cup: Uncooked white rice,
2 cup: Water,
Salt & pepper, to taste
Louisiana Hot Sauce,
Directions:
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 Years
Day. It is reported to bring good luck.
Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon
Source from luhu.jp
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 Years
Day. It is reported to bring good luck.
Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon
Source from luhu.jp