Hoppin' John
 

1 cup chopped onion

1 tablespoon bacon drippings

3 cups cooked black-eyed peas

1 cup chopped cooked ham

 

 

 

1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

3 cups hot cooked rice

salt to taste

diced-up Vidalia or sweet onion (this is served raw over completed dish)

Tabasco sauce - optional

 

In a large saucepan sauté chopped onion in bacon drippings until tender.

Stir in black-eyed peas, ham, and cayenne pepper.

Simmer for 10 minutes; stir in hot cooked rice and salt.

Serve Hoppin' John hot with diced-up fresh onion.

(I like Tabasco sauce on mine).