Step-by-Step Guide to Make Super Quick Homemade Hopping John

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook hopping john using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Hopping John:

1. Get 1 pound dried black-eyed peas
2. Take 1 small smoked ham hock (about 1/2 pound)
3. Make ready 2 bay leaves
4. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, smashed and peeled 10 cups water
5. Take 1/2 pound spicy chorizo sausage or spicy Italian sausage
6. Make ready 1 cup rice
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
8. Make ready 1 cup sliced scallions (6 to 7)

Steps to make Hopping John:

1. Soak the black-eyed peas overnight in water to cover by 2 inches. Drain well.
2. In a large pot, combine the drained black-eyed peas, ham hock, bay leaves, garlic and water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a high simmer, partially cover and cook until the peas are almost tender, about 45 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, remove the casings from the chorizo or prick the sausage in several places with the tines of a fork. Fill a medium skillet with about 1/8 inch of water. Add the sausages and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook the sausages until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Set them aside and discard the cooking juices. When cool enough to handle, cut the sausages into 1/2 inch dice.
4. Add the sausage, rice and salt to the pot, recover and cook until the rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in the scallions and bell pepper about 10 minutes before the rice is done. If desired, pull off any meat from the ham hocks and add to the pot. Discard the bay leaves.

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