Chorizo Hoppin John Recipes

Steps:

• Wash and sort the peas. Place them in a saucepan, add the water, and discard any peas that float. Gently boil the peas with the pepper, ham hock, and onion, uncovered, until tender but not mushy - about 1 1/2 hours - or until 2 cups of liquid remain. Add the rice to the pot, cover, and simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes, never lifting the lid.
• Remove from the heat and allow to steam, still covered, for another 10 minutes. Remove the cover, fluff with a fork, and serve immediately.

Steps:

• Combine seasoning mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
• Place bacon in a large ovenproof pot and cook over high heat until bacon begins to brown, about 6 minutes.
• Stir in 2 cups onions, 1 cup peppers, 1 cup celery, 2 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon seasoning mix, bay leaves, and half the peas.
• Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
• Stir in the garlic and 2 cups stock.
• Scrape bottom of pot.
• Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes.
• Add 1 cup stock and scrape bottom of pot.
• Add sausage, 6 cups stock, remaining onions, remaining peppers, remaining celery, remaining peas, and remaining seasoning mix.
• Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until peas are tender, about 1 1/4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Stir in rice and remaining stock.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cover pot and bake in oven 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large soup pot, add the ham hock and sear on all sides for 4 minutes. Add the onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic, cook for 4 minutes. Add the black-eyed peas, stock, bay leaves, thyme, and seasonings. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 40 minutes, or until the peas are creamy and tender, stir occasionally. If the liquid evaporates, add more water or stock. Adjust seasonings, and garnish with green onions. Serve over rice.

Steps:

• Boil the peas and thyme until the peas have split.
• Drain, reserving about a quarter cup of water with the peas.
• In a heavy-bottomed pot, fry up the bacon until just crisped and remove with a slotted spoon.
• In the same pot, add the onion, garlic and chourico, cook until golden and the chourico is just browned.
• While this is going on, boil the rice in plenty of well-salted water until tender.
• Drain and keep ready.
• Drain off most of the fat. Add the peas and water, stir and cover a few minutes.
• Add the cooked rice and reserved bacon and mix well.
• Cook over lowest heat until nearly dry.
• Take care not to scorch the mixture.
• Adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and the tabasco.

Steps:

• While rice is cooking, sautee onion and garlic with cajun seasoning in olive oil.
• Add sausage and brown.
• Add remaining ingredients and bring to boil. Reduce to simmer.
• Add rice when done and stir to combine.

Steps:

• Prepare black eyed peas overnight or quick method. (I boiled for 5 min, brought to boil and simmered for one hour.).
• Dice ham and remove as much fat as possible.
• Chop onion.
• Combine onion and ham in dutch oven, stir over medium heat until onions start to wilt.
• Add chili powder.
• Add cooked beans with any remaining cooking liquid.
• Add water so that there is about a total of one cup liquid.
• Add rice.
• Cover, simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper if needed.

Steps:

• Cook rice according to directions.
• Substitute the chicken broth for the water content.
• In a large saucepan, fry bacon, then add the onions and celery cooking them until they are clear.
• Stir in the rice, black-eyed peas, barbecue sauce, Tabasco, meat or seafood, or combination and of course your seasoning-- salt and pepper.
• I have also found If you like it just a little kicked up-- I like to increase the Tabasco.
• Serve this dish immediately.
• If you make it ahead, bake in a covered baking dish at 325* for 45 minute.
• if ingredients are at room temperature; and 55-60 if they are refrigerated.
• **Depending on preparation is how long it will take**.