Steps to Make Homemade Hopping John

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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. Hoppin' John is one of those classic Southern dishes that come with as many versions, stories and flavors as there are cooks.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have hopping john using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hopping John:

1. Make ready 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
2. Get 1 small smoked ham hock (about 1/2 pound)
3. Get 2 bay leaves
4. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 10 cups water
5. Take 1/2 pound spicy chorizo sausage or spicy Italian sausage
6. Make ready 1 cup rice
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
8. Get 1 cup sliced scallions (6 to 7)

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Steps to make Hopping John:

1. Soak the black-eyed peas overnight in water to cover by 2 inches. Drain well.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.

Learn how to make Hopping John. Hopping John. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility. This Hoppin' John Skillet Recipe is a one pot Southern recipe with black eyed peas, ham and rice. Perfect for New Year's Day to bring good fortune! Along the coast of the Southern US eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a year filled with luck and prosperity.

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