Tijuana Hoppin John Crock Pot Recipes

Steps:

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

Steps:

• Rinse and sort through peas.
• In a deep 3 1/2 to 4 quart pan, bring 2 quarts of the water to a boil over high heat.
• Add peas.
• Let water return to a boil; then boil, uncovered, for 2 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat, cover, and let stand for 1 hour.
• Drain and rise peas, discarding cooking water.
• In a 3 1/2 quart or larger slow cooker, combine onion, garlic, green chiles, cumin, pepper, baking soda, and chipotle chile.
• Stir in peas; pour in remaining 3 cups water.
• Cover and cook at low setting until peas are tender and to bite (9 to 10 hours).
• Remove and discard chipotle chile; stir in rice and tomatoes.
• Increase cooker setting to high; cover and cook until rice is tender to bite (45 to 55 more minutes).
• Season to taste with salt.

Steps:

• Place black-eyed peas in a large container and cover with several inches of cool water; let stand 8 hours to overnight. Drain and rinse.
• Pour 6 cups water into a pot; add ham hock. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour. Transfer ham hock to a plate to cool and reserve 4 cups of the cooking liquid.
• Layer soaked peas, andouille sausage, onion, celery, and garlic in the bottom of a slow cooker. Remove meat from ham hock and add meat to slow cooker. Sprinkle bay leaves, cumin, salt, and red pepper flakes over the top. Pour reserved cooking water over peas mixture.
• Cook on High until peas are tender, at least 4 hours.

Steps:

• In a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker put ham, carrots, onion and celery as first layer.
• Add 3 cans blackeyed peas and collard greens as second layer.
• Mix spices in chicken broth and pour over all.
• Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours, depending on your slow cooker.
• Cook rice according to directions on package and add to Hoppin' John just before serving.
• Add more chicken broth if needed.
• Makes 10 to 12 servings.