Hoppin John

Name: Hoppin John
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 9 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 400g dried black-eyed peas, soaked overnight; 200g smoked ham hock or bacon; 1 large onion, diced; 4 stalks celery, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 1.5L chicken stock; 2 cups long-grain white rice; 1 tsp dried thyme; 2 bay leaves; hot sauce to serve; green onion to garnish

A New Year's lucky dish from South Carolina — black-eyed peas and rice with smoked ham. Simmering the peas with the ham hock rather than plain stock gives the broth its deep, smoky backbone.

Total time

540 min

Prep

480 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

400gdried black-eyed peas, soaked overnight

200gsmoked ham hock or bacon

1large onion, diced

4 stalkscelery, diced

4 clovesgarlic, minced

1.5Lchicken stock

2 cupslong-grain white rice

1 tspdried thyme

2bay leaves

hot sauceto serve

green onionto garnish

Instructions

Sauté bacon until crispy. Add onion and celery, cook 5 minutes. Add garlic.

Add peas, stock, thyme, bay and ham hock. Simmer 45 minutes until peas are very tender.

Cook rice separately. Remove ham hock, shred meat.

Serve peas over rice, topped with shredded ham and green onion.

Pass hot sauce at the table.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

223

Protein

Fat

1.7g

Carbs

47g

Fiber

4.4g

Sodium

1462mg

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