Try this Traditional Hopping John recipe, or contribute your own.

Still searching for what to cook ?

Name: Traditional Hopping John
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Salt & pepper to taste; Louisiana Hot Sauce; 1/2 Red bell pepper diced; 1/4 c Onion diced; 2 c Water; 2 c Black-eyed peas, fresh; 1/2 c white rice, uncooked; 4 strips Bacon; 1/2 Bell pepper diced; 2 10-oz pk frozen black-eyed peas

Find the most delicious recipes here

INGREDIENTS

Salt & pepper ; to taste
Louisiana Hot Sauce
1/2 Red bell pepper ; diced
1/4 c Onion ; diced
2 c Water
2 c Black-eyed peas, fresh
1/2 c white rice, uncooked
4 strips Bacon
1/2 Bell pepper ; diced
2 10-oz pk frozen black-eyed peas

INSTRUCTIONS

Dice bacon. brown in dutch oven with onion and pepeprs, until bacon is crisp and vegetables are soft. Add peas and rice. then water. Cover and simmer over very low heat about 20 minutes, until the rice is tender. Salt & pepper to taste. Add a dash of hot sauce (to taste). This recipe came to America from Africa though the slave trade. It is now the traditional dish served by most Southerners on New Years Day. It is reported to bring good luck. Recipe fron the collection of Joan Mershon

NOTES

Alert editor

Add Photo

Nutrition

View line-by-line Nutrition Insights™: Discover which ingredients contribute the calories/sodium/etc.


Serving Size: 1 Serving (161g)
Recipe Makes: 10

Calories: 325
Calories from Fat: 55 (17%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 6.1g	8 %
	Saturated Fat 2g	10 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 2.3g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 7.6mg		2 %
Sodium 120.7mg		4 %
Potassium 806.3mg		21 %
Total Carbohydrate 50.9g		15 %
	Dietary Fiber 7.8g	31 %
	Sugars, other 43g
Protein 17.8g		25 %
Powered by: USDA Nutrition Database Disclaimer: Nutrition facts are derived from linked ingredients (shown at left in colored bullets) and may or may not be complete. Always consult a licensed nutritionist or doctor if you have a nutrition-related medical condition.

About Our Nutrition Facts

Calories per serving: 325

Get detailed nutrition information, including item-by-item nutrition insights, so you can see where the calories, carbs, fat, sodium and more come from.

Get Detailed Nutrition Facts on Any Recipe