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Place the peas, hock, and bay leaves in a large pot and cover with cold water. You want to have enough water so go about two inches over your dried peas. Place on medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
Place the peas, hock, and bay leaves in a large pot and cover with cold water. You want to have enough water so go about two inches over your dried peas. Place on medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium low, cover, and simmer for about 25 minutes or until the peas are tender, but not so far as to mush them all up.
Some recipes use ham hock, fatback, country sausage, or smoked turkey parts instead of bacon. A few use green peppers or vinegar and spices. Smaller than black-eyed peas, field peas are used in the South Carolina Lowcountry and coastal Georgia. Black-eyed peas are the norm elsewhere.
Try some black-eyed peas for prosperity, grapes for good fortune or long noodles for luck in the year ahead. ... Get the recipe: Katie Lee's Hoppin' John. Related: 45 Best Cajun Recipes.
2 cups dried black eyed peas. 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes (you can add this to the peas as they cook or to the rice as it cooks.) 1 tbsp sugar. 1/2 tbsp salt. 2 tbsp vegetable oil. 1 tbsp ...
Black-eyed peas: Black-eyed peas are native to Africa. [53] Often mixed into Hoppin' John or as a side dish. [1] Pictured are black-eyed peas with smoked hocks and corn bread. Cantaloupe: A variety of cantaloupe in Africa came to North America by way of the slave trade. African Americans grew cantaloupes in their gardens. [54] Cayenne pepper
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Other low-meat Southern meals include beans and cornbread—the beans being pinto beans stewed with ham or bacon—and Hoppin' John (black-eyed peas, rice, onions, red or green pepper, and bacon). Cabbage is largely used as the basis of coleslaw, both as a side dish and on a variety of barbecued and fried meats. [128]