Hopping John Casserole (from "minnie Pearl") Recipe
Yield: 8 servingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
1 cup: Dried black-eyed peas,
2 cup: Cold water,
, or two 15 oz. cans
1 tsp: Salt,
1 tsp: Salt,
1 tsp: Bacon drippings,
1 dash: Of cayenne pepper,
4 slice: Of bacon, cut in 1 inch
3 cup: Cold water,
-strips,
1 cup: Long-grain rice, uncooked
1/2 cup: Chopped onion,
Directions:
If using dried peas, wash and discard broken or dark ones and any
foreign matter. Place in a saucepan with 1 teaspoon salt, pepper,
and 3 cups of cold water. Cook over high heat about 5 minutes.
Reduce heat. Simmer about 2 hours or until soft but not mushy. When
done, drain. Reserve liquid. If using canned peas, drain and
reserve liquid.
In another saucepan, combine uncooked rice, 2 cups cold water, and
salt. Cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat. Cover
tightly. Simmer for 15 minutes or until most of the water is
absorbed and the rice is almost tender.
Meanwhile, in skillet, cook bacon pieces and onion until bacon is
lightly brown and onion is transparent.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 1 1/2 quart casserole
dish.
Combine cooked, drained peas, 1/2 cup liquid from peas, and rice.
Pour cooked bacon, onion and bacon drippings over rice and peas.
Cover tightly. Bake about 20 minutes. Makes about 8 servings.
From "Minnie Pearl Cooks, " p. 162.
Note: It is an old Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas/"hoppin
John" on New Years Day in order to have good luck for the whole year.
Some say you will have one day of good luck for each black-eyed pea
eaten on New Years Day.
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foreign matter. Place in a saucepan with 1 teaspoon salt, pepper,
and 3 cups of cold water. Cook over high heat about 5 minutes.
Reduce heat. Simmer about 2 hours or until soft but not mushy. When
done, drain. Reserve liquid. If using canned peas, drain and
reserve liquid.
In another saucepan, combine uncooked rice, 2 cups cold water, and
salt. Cook over high heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat. Cover
tightly. Simmer for 15 minutes or until most of the water is
absorbed and the rice is almost tender.
Meanwhile, in skillet, cook bacon pieces and onion until bacon is
lightly brown and onion is transparent.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease 1 1/2 quart casserole
dish.
Combine cooked, drained peas, 1/2 cup liquid from peas, and rice.
Pour cooked bacon, onion and bacon drippings over rice and peas.
Cover tightly. Bake about 20 minutes. Makes about 8 servings.
From "Minnie Pearl Cooks, " p. 162.
Note: It is an old Southern tradition to eat black-eyed peas/"hoppin
John" on New Years Day in order to have good luck for the whole year.
Some say you will have one day of good luck for each black-eyed pea
eaten on New Years Day.
Source from luhu.jp