Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker Recipe

Recipesfull introduces to you: Pork Recipes. (Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker Recipe). This is a traditional Southern dish for bringing good luck into the New Year, consisting of black-eyed peas and rice. Eating Hoppin' John on New Year's Day is thought to bring a prosperous year filled with luck. The peas are symbolic of pennies or coins, and a coin is sometimes added to the pot or left under the dinner bowls. Greens along with this dish are supposed to also add to the wealth since they are the color of money. Eating this the day after represents frugality and savings. You are supposed to leave 3 peas to assure that the New Year will be filled with Luck, Fortune and Romance. Serve hot with corn bread.

Brief

Prep 20 mins

Cook: 7hrs

Total: 7hrs20 mins

Servings: 6

Yield: 6 servings

Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup dried black-eyed peas

sorted and rinsed

1 cube vegetable bouillon

¼ cup hot water

1 onion

chopped

1 clove garlic

minced

1 smoked ham hock

2 bunches collard greens

chopped

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon red pepper flakes

2 cups vegetable broth

5 cups water

or as needed to cover

1 cup long-grain white rice

salt and ground black pepper to taste

Dad's Basic Moist Pork Roast

Meat and Poultry

Directions

Step 1

Cover black-eyed peas with water in a large soup pot bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer peas for 1 hour. Drain.

Step 2

Dissolve vegetable bouillon cube in 1/4 cup hot water in a small bowl; pour bouillon into slow cooker. Stir black-eyed peas onion garlic ham hock collard greens oregano red pepper flakes and vegetable broth into the cooker. Add 5 cups of water or as needed to cover. Cook 5 hours on High. Stir rice into stew and cook 1 more hour.

Step 3

Remove meat from ham hock chop meat and return to stew. Season with salt and black pepper.

Nutritional Information

Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker Recipe

Servings Per Recipe:6

Calories: 341.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 16.6g 33%

Carbohydrates: 51.1g 17%

Dietary Fiber: 10g 40%

Sugars: 5.6g

Fat: 8.5g 13%

Saturated Fat: 2.7g 14%

Cholesterol: 22.7mg 8%

Vitamin A Iu: 7246.3IU 145%

Niacin Equivalents: 7.1mg 55%

Vitamin B6: 0.5mg 31%

Vitamin C: 37.9mg 63%

Folate: 382.9mcg 96%

Calcium: 199.2mg 20%

Iron: 4.2mg 23%

Magnesium: 69.6mg 25%

Potassium: 583.6mg 16%

Sodium: 204.7mg 8%

Thiamin: 0.6mg 63%

Calories From Fat: 76.7

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.