Hopping john vinaigrette
8 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Dried black-eyed peas |
| 1 | Piece of fatback -- or salt | |
| Pork | ||
| 1 | Hot red pepper | |
| 2 | mediums | Onions -- chopped |
| Salt | ||
| Freshly ground pepper | ||
| 1 | cup | Uncooked rice |
| 4 | tablespoons | Drippings -- preferably |
| Bacon | ||
| ⅓ | cup | Red wine vinegar |
| 1 | tablespoon | Dijon mustard |
| 1 | cup | Peanut oil |
| Salt and pepper | ||
| 2 | tablespoons | Chopped fresh basil |
| 4 | slices | Bacon -- crisply fried & |
| Crumbled | ||
Directions
VINAIGRETTE
Hopping John is a traditional Southern New Year's dish. This is a modern salad version.
PLACE BLACK-EYED PEAS in a large pot, cover with water and add 3 cups more water. Add fatback or salt pork, slashed in several places, hot red pepper, half the onion, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat and simmer until the peas are t Remove the fatback and hot pepper. Add rest of chopped onion. Make a vinaigrette of red wine vinegar, dijon mustard and peanut oil. Add salt and pepper.
Combine with the Hopping John, add chopped fresh basil and bacon, crisply fried and crumbled.
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