Recipe: Perfect Blondie's Mom's Hoppin' John

Blondie's Mom's Hoppin' John.

You can have Blondie's Mom's Hoppin' John using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Blondie's Mom's Hoppin' John

1. You need 1 cup of dried black-eyed peas.
2. Prepare 4 cup of water.
3. It's 3 tsp of salt.
4. You need 4 slice of bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces.
5. It's 1 medium of onion, chopped.
6. You need 1 of green bell pepper, chopped.
7. You need 1 tsp of pepper.
8. Prepare 1 tbsp of minced fresh parsley.
9. You need 1 cup of uncooked long grain white rice.
10. You need 1 can of (14 1/2 ounces) whole tomatoes with liquid, chopped.
11. It's 4 cup of water.

Blondie's Mom's Hoppin' John step by step

1. Cover peas with water..
2. Allow to soak several hours, or overnight..
3. Drain peas..
4. In a large saucepan, combine peas with water and salt..
5. Simmer over medium low heat 1 hour, or until peas are tender..
6. Drain peas, reserving 2 cups liquid..
7. Saute' bacon, onion, and bell pepper until bacon is crisp..
8. DO NOT DRAIN..
9. In a 2 quart saucepan, combine peas, reserved liquid, the saute' mixture, rice, pepper, parsley, and tomatoes..
10. Cover and simmer 1 hour, or until liquid is absorbed and rice is thoroughly cooked..
11. *This recipe makes about 9 cups of Hoppin' John.*.

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