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🍲 Hoppin' John 🍲
Author: Jhanelle Golding (From The Comfort Of My Bowl)

This classic Southern dish is made with red field peas, smoky vegan bacon and sausages. It's perfect as a New Year’s dish or everyday comfort food.

Ingredients

🍲 1 cup (200 g) red field peas or black-eyed peas (soaked overnight)
🍲 2 cups (400 g) Anson Mills Carolina Gold Rice or Carolina Plantation Gold Rice, parboiled rice or long-grain rice
🍲 7 strips (70 g) vegan bacon diced (I used Lightlife Smart Bacon)
🍲 2 (200 g) vegan sausages sliced (I used Beyond Meat Brats)
🍲 ½ large onion diced
🍲 ½ large green bell pepper diced
🍲 2 cloves garlic minced
🍲 4 cups (1 l) vegetable broth
🍲 2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
🍲 2 tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
🍲 Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

🍲 1. Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the vegan bacon and vegan sausages. Cook until they are browned then remove from the pot.
7 strips vegan bacon, 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 vegan sausages

🍲 2. Add the remaining oil to the pan with the onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook until the onion is translucent.
Β½ large onion, Β½ large green bell pepper, 2 cloves garlic

🍲 3. Add the broth and cajun seasoning. Drain and rinse the pre-soaked field peas. Add to the pot with the vegan bacon and sausages.
4 cups vegetable broth, 2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning, 1 cup red field peas

🍲 4. Cover and bring to a boil at high heat then reduce the heat to medium. Cook for 45 mins to 1 hour or until tender.

🍲 5. Once the peas are cooked, wash the rice in a large bowl filled with water. Stir the rice in the water to release the starches then drain completely. Repeat 2 or 3 more times until the water is clear.
2 cups Anson Mills Carolina Gold Rice

🍲 6. Taste the broth with the peas and season to your liking with salt and pepper. Stir in the drained rice.
Salt and pepper

🍲 7. Cover the pot with a sheet of aluminum foil, then the lid. Cook until tender for about 15 minutes at medium heat.

🍲 8. Test for doneness then remove the pot from the heat. Allow it to rest while covered for 10 minutes.

🍲 9. Fluff the rice with a fork then serve.

Notes

🍲 Feel free to omit the plant based meats and add smoked paprika for extra smokiness.

🍲 You can also use dried black-eyed peas or one 15oz/425g can for this recipe. For canned beans, use 1/2 the amount of broth. Cook on medium heat for 15 minutes (instead of 1 hour) to flavour the broth then continue the recipe as normal.

🍲 Use long-grain rice or parboiled rice instead of Carolina Gold rice. The texture and flavour may be slightly different but the dish will still be good.

🍲 Place any leftovers into an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

🍲 Be sure to thaw the dish overnight in the refrigerator before reheating.

https://www.fromthecomfortofmybowl.com/vegan-hoppin-john/#recipe
https://www.fromthecomfortofmybowl.com/wprm_print/10334

About Neebu Eggs

This egg was given out for Creature Release Week in January of 2014.

Neebu eggs are covered in a soft, downy wool that helps cushion and insulate the egg. After the egg hatches the wool can be gathered and used. Although the egg does not produce enough wool to create a full garment, unless you have lots of Neebu eggs, it is still prized as a lining material.

About the Neebu Creature

The wool of a young Neebu grows at an astonishing rate. Combined with their joyful and playful personality this turns them into adorable, bouncing balls of fluff. Young Neebu require weekly shearing to keep their wool under control. As the Neebu ages their wool growth slows to a more normal rate. Their playful personality mellows as well, making them wonderful companions.