Hoppin' John Recipe

Ingredients

• Bacon

  Raw, cured pork

  6 strip or 72g

• Celery

  Raw

  4 stalks, large (11 inches long) or 256g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  1 onion or 331g

• Green bell pepper

  Sweet, green, raw

  1 large (2-1/4 per lb, approx 3-3/4" long, or 164g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 cloves, minced or 9g

• Thyme

  Fresh

  1 tsp or 0.8g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

• Cayenne pepper

  Spices, red or cayenne

  ¼ tsp or 0.5g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  8 cup or 1.92kg

• Peas

  Edible-podded, frozen, unprepared

  4 cup or 576g

• Black Eyed Peas

  Safeway

  4 cups or 187g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Jasmine Rice

  Carolina

  1 ½ cup or 210g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  1 medium or 15g

Directions

1. Cook bacon in a Dutch oven over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until starting to crisp, about 10 minutes. Add celery, onion, bell pepper, garlic, thyme, black pepper, cayenne, and 1 teaspoon of the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, about 8 minutes. Add broth and black-eyed peas and bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until peas are tender, about 40 minutes. Drain pea mixture, reserving cooking liquid. Return pea mixture and 1 cup of the cooking liquid to Dutch oven. Cover to keep warm; set aside.
2. Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high. Add rice and cook, stirring often, until fragrant and lightly toasted, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in 3 cups of the reserved cooking liquid and remaining 12 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until rice is tender, 15 to 18 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork, and gently stir into pea mixture in Dutch oven. Stir in remaining cooking liquid, 14 cup at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Sprinkle servings with sliced fresh scallions.
3. (source: https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/classic-hoppin-john-recipe)