Hog Jowls And Black Eyed Peas Recipes

HOG JOWL AND BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Cover peas with cold water and soak overnight.
• Cook hog jowls in boiling water for an hour; add drained peas and salt.
• Simmer for an additional 2 hours.

BLACK-EYED PEAS AND HOG JOWL

Steps:

• Rinse the dried peas several times in clean water. Place in a large pan or bowl and cover with water. Let the peas soak while you cook the pork. Place the hog jowl or ham hock in a large stock pot and add the water. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to a strong simmer. Let cook, uncovered, for 90 minutes. Drain the peas and add to the pork along with the onion, chile pepper, sugar, and salt. Add additional water if needed to cover the peas. Cover the pot and let simmer for 2 hours, or until the black eyed peas are tender and the pork is cooked through and falling off the bone. Remove the pork from the pot and let cool enough until it can be handled. Remove the meat from the bone and dice it. Return the meat to the pot. Simmer for a little longer until the mixture is thick and most of the liquid has cooked off. Remove the chile pepper then serve over rice.

HAWG WILD BLACK-EYED PEAS

Steps:

• Place black-eyed peas into a large bowl and cover with several inches of cool water; soak 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Place black-eyed peas into a large pot and fill with water 1/2-inch above the peas; bring to a simmer. Add pork jowl, tasso ham, 1 chopped onion, 1 stalk celery, 2 cloves minced garlic, bay leaves, parsley, basil, and Worcestershire sauce; cook at a simmer until peas are tender, 2 to 3 hours.
• Remove and discard pork jowl, celery stalk, and bay leaves from the pea mixture.
• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels, leaving 2 to 3 tablespoons bacon drippings in the skillet. Crumble bacon when cooled.
• Cook and stir 2 cups onion, 2 cups celery, green bell pepper, and 3 cloves garlic in the hot bacon drippings over medium heat until onion is tender, about 10 minutes.
• Mix onion mixture, tomatoes with green chiles, bacon, and andouille sausage into pea mixture. Season with sugar, salt, and pepper. Simmer pea mixture until flavors have blended, 1 1/2 hours.

HOPPIN' JOHN

Steps:

• Wash the peas in a strainer, and soak them for 4 hours in ample fresh water. When ready, heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a 4-quart pot, and brown the hog jowl on both sides. (If using bacon, omit the olive oil, and simply render the fat in the pot for 5 minutes.) Add onion, and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add 6 cups water, black pepper, red pepper and salt, and bring to a boil.
• Let mixture boil 10 minutes, and then add peas. Maintain a low boil, uncovered, until peas are nearly tender (25 minutes for black-eyed peas, 30 minutes for field peas). In a bowl, lightly crush tomatoes, and add to pot. Add rice to pot, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
• Turn off flame, and allow hoppin' John to steam in pot, lid on, for 5 minutes. If using hog jowl, remove from pot, and shred meat. Fluff hoppin' John, and add shredded jowl. Serve.