Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas)
Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas)

Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, hoppin johns (black eyed peas). It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Hoppin' John is a basic, simple black-eyed pea stew. I kept it extremely pared down, and when I made it yesterday I had a hard time not adding bright red bell pepper, big pieces of torn kale, and canned diced tomatoes. All of these are acceptable, of course.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook hoppin johns (black eyed peas) using 6 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas):
  1. Get 1 lb black eyed peas
  2. Take 1 ham bone
  3. Take 1 medium onion sliced
  4. Get 5 cups water
  5. Take to taste Salt and pepper
  6. Get 2 jalapenos chopped

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. This hoppin' John is a quick and easy version of the popular "lucky" dish that's traditionally eaten on New Year's Day. You can cook them a day in advance and finish the Hoppin' John the next day.

Steps to make Hoppin Johns (Black Eyed Peas):
  1. In a crock pot put all ingredients in crock pot
  2. Put crock pot on high and cook over night
  3. Serve with corm bread and butter

Hoppin' John is a traditional Southern dish, eaten on New Years Day, that is meant to bring prosperity and luck. It is believed that eating a combination of the foods in It's unclear, historically, why it's called Hoppin' John, but it's fun to say, so let's just stick with that. I have heard all my life that one should eat black eyed peas on New Year's Day for good luck throughout the new year. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that my father changed the dish from black eyed peas to Hoppin' John as our traditional New Year's Day good luck meal. My favorite way to serve black-eyed peas is as a Hoppin' John which is a pot of black-eyed peas cooked with a ham hock, a few vegetables, and a touch of something spicy.

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