Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, hoppin johns. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Here it's made with ham hock, but you could omit the meat all together to make it veggie. 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. Forget champagne—in the Southern United States, hoppin' John is standard New Year's fare.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have hoppin johns using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Hoppin Johns:
- Take 1 lb black eyed peas, dry
- Make ready 2 Tbsp olive oil
- Take 1/2 medium yellow onion, chopped
- Get 3 celery stalks, chopped
- Prepare 2 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 2 bay leaves
- Prepare 1 tsp chili powder
- Take 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves, or 1/2 tsp dried thyme leaves
- Get 8 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- Take 1 large smoked ham hock
- Make ready to taste kosher salt and black pepper,
- Take 3 cups white rice, steamed
- Get green onion, chopped, for garnish
Once the rice is done, gently stir it into the pea mixture with the liquid. The dish that black eyed peas are most famous for is Hoppin' John. No idea where the name came from. And depending on where you are from you might not even call it that, but simply black eyed peas and rice.
Instructions to make Hoppin Johns:
- Pour the black eyed peas onto a rimmed baking sheet and shake to distribute them into a single layer. Search through and discard any bad peas or stones. Transfer to a strainer, rinse with cool water and set aside.
- Place a large soup pot over medium heat and warm the olive oil until shimmering. Then add the onion and celery and cook for about 3 minutes until the onions and celery soften a bit.
- Next,add garlic and stir in the bay leaves, chili powder and thyme leaves and allow the spices to toast for about 1 minute.
- Pour in the chicken broth then add the ham hock and give it a stir. Bring it to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Allow stock to simmer for 30 minutes.
- After simmering, stir in the black eyed peas and return to a boil, then reduce heat again to low and simmer, stirring frequently, for about 1–1 ½ hours or until the black eyed peas are creamy and tender. Once the peas are tender, remove the ham hock from the pot and separate the meat from the bone. Cut away the fat and gristle, chop the meat and add back to the pot.
- Test the soup and season to taste with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
- Serve over steamed white rice and garnish with chopped green onions. Enjoy!
No idea where the name came from. And depending on where you are from you might not even call it that, but simply black eyed peas and rice. Hoppin' John is one of those classic Southern dishes that come with as many versions, stories and flavors as there are cooks. Eaten on New Year's Eve, it's said to grant prosperity in the new year, with its peas representing coins paired with turnip and mustard greens to represent dollars. But of course, the meal is cherished all year round.
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