HOPPIN' JOHN WITH GREENS - SLOW COOKER RECIPE

Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker Recipe image

This is a traditional Southern dish for bringing good luck into the New Year, consisting of black-eyed peas and rice. Eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck. The peas are symbolic of pennies or coins, and a coin is sometimes added to the pot or left under the dinner bowls. Greens along with this dish are supposed to also add to the wealth since they are the color of money. Eating this the day after represents frugality and savings. You are supposed to leave 3 peas to assure that the New Year will be filled with Luck, Fortune and Romance. Serve hot with corn bread.

Provided by Tanya E

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork

Time 7h20m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 cup dried black-eyed peas, sorted and rinsed
1 cube vegetable bouillon
¼ cup hot water
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 smoked ham hock
2 bunches collard greens, chopped
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
2 cups vegetable broth
5 cups water, or as needed to cover
1 cup long-grain white rice
salt and ground black pepper to taste

Steps:

Cover black-eyed peas with water in a large soup pot, bring to a boil, and boil for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer peas for 1 hour. Drain.
Dissolve vegetable bouillon cube in 1/4 cup hot water in a small bowl; pour bouillon into slow cooker. Stir black-eyed peas, onion, garlic, ham hock, collard greens, oregano, red pepper flakes, and vegetable broth into the cooker. Add 5 cups of water or as needed to cover. Cook 5 hours on High. Stir rice into stew and cook 1 more hour.
Remove meat from ham hock, chop meat, and return to stew. Season with salt and black pepper.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 341.8 calories, Carbohydrate 51.1 g, Cholesterol 22.7 mg, Fat 8.5 g, Fiber 10 g, Protein 16.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.7 g, Sodium 204.7 mg, Sugar 5.6 g