Made with black-eyed peas, crumbled bacon, smoked ham, onions, scallions, green bell pepper, minced garlic cloves, dried thyme, butter, cayenne pepper, chicken broth, and salt & pepper. Served with Rice Pilaf made with long-grain brown rice, shallots, butter, chicken broth, and salt & pepper.
Oh, MAN! This is SO righteous! Now this is some GOOD STUFF. I couldn’t stop eating. The combination of all the flavors was crazy good.
Recipe for—Black-Eyed Peas with Bacon
So, if you have nothing else to do today, make some Hoppin’ John black-eyed peas deliciousness.
Take-Away Life Lesson: Bacon and ham can amp up almost anything.
This reminds me of something my mom always cooks for New Years. She will make black eyed peas and ham, for good luck, every New Years Day, and it is so good.
I think lots of folks do that for New Year’s, too. It’s wonderful!