Hoppin John (traditional African-american Cuisine) Recipe

Do you like this recipe?

Directions

Rinse and sort beans. Boil 4 quarts of spring/distilled or filtered water. Stir in peas and thyme. cover, then lower heart and cook until peas are tender about 30 minutes.In a separate port, bring 3 cups of spring/distilled or filtered water to boil. Stir in rice, then cover, lower heat and cook until rice is tender about 40 minutes.Combine rice and peas and season to taste.This is a traditional African-American dish for New's Years' Day since enslavement. Hoppin' John may have a few African sources. Jon is a Senegalese word meaning dignified and repectable. John is the Anglicized word for Shango the West African diety who resurrects after death. He is also the perfect son. And he rules over dance and music.