Hoppin' John

Name: Hoppin' John
Prep time: 4 h 10 min
Cook time: 4 h 10 min
Total time: 4 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 879 grams black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed; 2 carrots, peeled and chopped; 1 stalk celery, chopped; 591 milliliters cooked white rice; 4 servings Hot sauce, optional; 296 milliliters small onion, chopped; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 340 grams small smoked ham hock (about; 1 Tbsp vegetable oil

Need If you have onion, carrots, celery, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the cooked white rice you could follow this main course with the Healthy Raw Chocolate Pudding as a dessert.

Instructions

Warm oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Add carrots, onion and celery. Cook, stirring often, until slightly tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in peas and 1 cup water. Bring to a boil, scraping up any cooked bits.

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Carrot

Celery

Onion

Water

Peas

Put ham in a slow cooker and pour pea mixture over it. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.

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Ham

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Slow Cooker

Remove ham and set aside. Season pea mixture with salt and pepper. When ham is cool enough to handle, shred it; discard fat, gristle and bone. Stir meat into peas and spoon over rice. If desired, sprinkle with hot sauce.

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Salt And Pepper

Hot Sauce

Bone

Meat

Peas

Rice

Ham

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Slow Cooker

Ingredients

Servings:

879grams

black-eyed peas, drained and rinsed 2

carrots, peeled and chopped 1stalk

celery, chopped 591milliliters

cooked white rice 4servings

Hot sauce, optional 296milliliters

small onion, chopped 4servings

Salt and pepper 340grams

small smoked ham hock (about 1Tbsp

vegetable oil

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is Brundlmayer Steinmassl Riesling. It has 4.3 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 39 dollars.