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| Traditional Hopping John Recipe |
Category: Pork
Rating:
N/A
Servings: 10
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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 pkg (10 oz) frozen blackeyed peas
1/2 cup uncooked white rice
2 cup water
1 salt & pepper, to taste
1 louisiana hot sauce
Cooking 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 Year's Day. It is reported to bring good luck.
Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon
pork,rice,holiday
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