Considered a lucky meal for New Years Day, serve this Southern tradition with cornbread.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
- 2 cans (about 16 ounces each) black-eyed peas, slightly drained, or about 3 cups cooked black-eyed peas
- 1 cup chopped cooked ham
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 3 cups hot cooked rice
- salt to taste
- sliced sweet onion, optional
Preparation:
In a large saucepan sauté chopped onion in bacon drippings until tender. Stir in black-eyed peas, ham, and cayenne pepper. Simmer for 10 minutes; stir in hot cooked rice and salt. Serve Hoppin' John hot with sliced onion.
Hoppin' John recipe serves 4 to 6.
Hoppin' John recipe serves 4 to 6.
