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Black-Eyed Peas and Rice

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Black-eyed peas, also known as cowpeas, are cooked with ham and served with hot cooked rice.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound dried black-eyed peas, or cowpeas
  • 6 to 8 ounces salt pork, diced
  • 1 cup chopped onion
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 pound cooked ham, cubed
  • 1 ham bone or large ham hock
  • black pepper, to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • dash Tabasco sauce

Preparation:

Pick over peas; rinse. Cover peas with cold water; bring to a boil, boil 1 minute, remove, and cover pan. Let peas stand for 1 hour.

Sauté salt pork until golden brown; add onion and garlic, and sauté until onion is tender.

Add the salt pork and onion mixture to the peas, along with the ham, ham bone or hock, and seasonings, adding enough water to cover. Bring to a simmer, cover, and simmer gently until peas are tender but not mushed, 1 to 2 hours. Remove ham from bone, chop, and return to peas. Taste for seasoning and adjust.

Cook rice separately. Mound rice on a platter and surround with peas.
Serves 6 to 8.


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Great!March 08, 2009By Java_Jive
"I did not have any salt pork nor a hock, so I added some left over spiral cut smoked ham. It turned out great! Cooking the rice seperately is a great idea too. The dish is less like soup. Why have I not thought of this? We had this on New Year's day (still waiting on the good financial luck). Having it again today."
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