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Hoppin’ John Vegetarian Black Eyed Peas Recipe

January 1, 2011 By Kristi

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Hoppin John Burgers

 

Day 1.
**If you like Hoppin’ John, try these Hoppin’ John Burger Sliders.**
How is it 2011 already? Regardless of the bizarre nature of the space-time continuum after you have children, it is New Year’s Day. Happy New Year! And, gulp, Day 1 of my New Year’s Resolution to make an ominvore-friendly vegetarian meal Every. Single. Day. this year. Eep.

OK, so here we go. It’s New Year’s Day, so we’re going to do the traditional good luck food. The most prevalent of which include black-eyed peas and collard greens (at least here in the South). Other options are New Year’s eternity rings (fancy doughnuts), grapes and legumes of many varieties. Check out this post at CNN for more details.

I’m particularly fond of the Spanish tradition of eating 12 grapes at midnight. How cool!

Crockpot Vegetarian Hoppin’ John

serves 10 and can be frozen

Ingredients

1 pound dry black-eyed peas, soaked overnight

4 cups vegetable broth

1 pound vegan smoked sausage, sliced

1 7 ounces chopped green chiles

1 bunch of collard greens or kale, chopped and ribbed

1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

1 dried hot pepper or 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper

1/2 teaspoon “bacon” salt, hickory smoked salt (in spite of the name this is meat-free)

1 medium onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup)

2 cups cooked rice

Method

Use a 6-quart slow cooker.

Soak your black-eyed peas overnight, drain and rinse in cool water. Alternately, you can put the beans in salted water and boil rapidly for 10 minutes.

Put peas, broth, and sausage in the crock-pot.

Stir in the chiles, hot pepper and onion.

Add greens, and sprinkle on the salts and pepper.

Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours, or until the beans are soft. Stir well and serve over rice.

You can also serve the beans over the rice and the collards or kale on the side (in case you have picky eaters).

I chose this method because my toddler can’t really chew the large bits of leafy greens well yet.

I’m trying to keep parts of meals somewhat separate at first in case someone doesn’t like a component of the dish (fewer meals are thrown away), but I mixed mine together after I tasted everything.

For this recipe, I combined and converted two different recipes, one from epicurious and one from crockpot365. I think Stephanie O’Dea has a crockpot recipe for everything. It’s awesome. If you ever want to crockpot-ize a recipe, check her site first. Chances are, she’s already done it.

Instant Pot Method

Place all ingredients in instant pot and cook on high pressure for 30 minutes.

Serve with collards and rice.

The Results

Did I mention I am not fond of collard greens or black-eyed peas? No? Well, I don’t particularly care for either. But, tradition is there to torture sometimes. It was actually pretty good all together (I cheated a bit and used kale). The kale is a little dry if you don’t mix it into the beans. But, once you mix it, it’s great. I might suggest mixing it during the cooking process instead of waiting until the end so it stews in all the juices. The meatless sausage was yummy! I could just pick that out and gobble it up. I think on non-New Year occasions, using kale and white northern beans would be fantastic. If you aren’t superstitious, I’d go with that.

And PS:  If you didn’t buy the “bacon” salt for this recipe, go buy some! It’s a little pricey because there’s no store brand ($3.79), but it is so yummy and smoky delicious it’s completely worth it and will last a long time as it only requires a tiny bit to flavor a huge dish like this one.

Yield: 4

Hoppin John

Hoppin John Burgers

Vegetarian Hoppin John black-eyed peas and greens

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 hours
Total Time 12 hours 10 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound dry black-eyed peas, soaked overnight
  • 4 cups chicken-style or veggie broth
  • 1 pound vegan smoked sausage, sliced
  • 1 7 ounces chopped green chiles
  • 1 bunch of collard greens or kale, chopped and ribbed
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 dried hot pepper or 1 teaspoon chipotle pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon "bacon" salt, hickory smoked salt (in spite of the name this is meat-free)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped (about 3/4 cup)
  • 2 cups cooked rice

Instructions

  1. Use a 6-quart slow cooker.
  2. Soak your black-eyed peas overnight, drain and rinse in cool water.
  3. Alternately, you can put the beans in salted water and boil rapidly for 10 minutes.
  4. Put peas, broth, and sausage in the crock-pot.
  5. Stir in the chiles, hot pepper and onion.
  6. Add greens, and sprinkle on the salts and pepper.
  7. Cover and cook on low for 8-12 hours, or until the beans are soft.
  8. Stir well and serve over rice.
© Kristi Arnold @VeggieConverter.com
Cuisine: Cajun / Category: Dinner

 

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