Hopping john - sl 1/90
12 side servs
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup | Celery; sliced |
| ⅔ | cup | Onion; chopped |
| 1 | clove | Garlic; minced |
| 1 | tablespoon | Vegetable oil or bacon drippings |
| 4 | cups | ;Water |
| 2 | eaches | 10-3/4 oz cans condensed chicken broth; undiluted |
| 1 | each | 16-oz package frozen black- eye peas |
| ½ | pounds | Cooked ham; cut into cubes |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Crushed red pepper |
| 1 | each | Bay leaf |
| 3 | cups | Cooked long-grain rice |
Saute celery, onion, and garlic in vegetable oil or bacon drippings in a large Dutch oven until tender. Add water and remaining ingredients except rice. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes or until peas are tender. Remove and discard bay leaf, and serve over rice. Yield: 12 side dish servings or 6 main dish servings.
Note: To cook rice with black-eyed peas, stir 1 cup uncooked ong-grain rice into peas after 40 minutes, and simmer an additional 35 minutes.
Dot Cordell of Alabama, in January, 1990"Southern Living" Typos by Jeff Pruett
Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 12-29-95