Hoppin' Juan
From keni 14 years ago
- 10 hours to make
- Serves A bunch
Hoppin' John is a traditional southern New Year meal... with as many variations as chili! An ooops during preparation 20 years ago created what has now become the ONLY way we make it! The only variation is I now use a homemade version of the "oops", but you can still use canned, if desired.
Ingredients
- 1lb dry black eyed peas, rinsed and soaked over night shopping list
- 1lb left over ham steak, diced shopping list
- 1 large onion, diced shopping list
- 1-3 jalapenos, diced shopping list
- 4 stalks celery, chopped shopping list
- 3 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 3 cups chicken, pork, or veggie stock shopping list
- 28oz enchilada sauce(this is the oops... I meant to use a can of tomato sauce way back when and put this in instead... beginning the new tradition! This time, I used this sauce Basic enchilada sauce shopping list
- 1t liquid smoke* shopping list
- kosher or sea salt and fresh ground black pepper shopping list
- 1lb greens(turnip, collard, or mustard), roughly chopped shopping list
- about 6-8 servings wild rice, cooked shopping list
- *I now use applewood smoked salt and our ham is smoky, so I don't use any extra liquid smoke shopping list
How to make it
- Combine all ingredients except greens, rice and salt and pepper in large slow cooker.
- Cook on low for about 10-12 hours, until beans are tender.
- Taste and season, as needed.
- Add greens a lil at a time, if needed, until all our warmed through and wilted.
- Serve over cooked wild rice.
- Have a Safe and Happy New Year, Everyone!!
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