HOPPING JOHN

HOPPING JOHN

From Barbara Thompson

8 slices bacon, diced

1/2 cup chopped onion

2 cups fresh black-eyed peas, or 2 10-oz. pkgs. frozen black-eyed peas

1 cup uncooked long grain white rice

4 cups water

salt and pepper to taste

Place bacon and onion in Dutch oven and saute over medium heat, until bacon is almost crisp and onions are translucent. Add peas and rice, then water. 

Cover and simmer over very low heat for about 20 minutes or until rice is tender.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Serves 10.