Hoppin John

Name: Hoppin John
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon, diced; 1 medium onion, diced; ½ cup diced celery; ½ cup diced bell pepper; 4½ cups water; 2 packs long grain rice (3–4 cups cooked); 3 cans black-eyed peas; 3 jalapeños, seeded and diced (about ½ cup)

60 min · serves 8

Ingredients

6 slices bacon, diced
1 medium onion, diced
½ cup diced celery
½ cup diced bell pepper
4½ cups water
2 packs long grain rice (3–4 cups cooked)
3 cans black-eyed peas
3 jalapeños, seeded and diced (about ½ cup)

Steps

Brown bacon in large Dutch oven, remove, and reserve 2 tablespoons of grease in pan.
Add onion, celery, and bell pepper, and sauté 5 minutes.
Add rice and seasoning packet, water, and black-eyed peas; cover and simmer 25 minutes.
Add bacon and jalapeños, cover and heat 5–10 minutes more.

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Adapted from “Hoppin John” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.