Recipe - Hoppin John Soup

One half cup Black eyed peas
3 cup Chicken broth
1 cup Water
One fourth teaspoon Crushed red pepper
1 Garlic; clove;finely chopped
One half pound Ham; hunk; cubed
One half cup Onion; chopped
One fourth cup Rice, uncooked
One half cup Green Pepper; chopped
One fourth teaspoon Pepper; black or white
1 teaspoon Celery seed
2 cup Collard Greens Fresh; finely
Chopped
1 cup V8
2 Chicken bouillon cubes

Serves 4 can be doubled easily

Heat peas and water and broth to boiling in large sauce pan or dutch oven.
Boil uncovered 2 minutes; remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Do
not drain.

Stir in crushed red pepper, garlic and ham. Heat to boiling, reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes or until peas are tender. (Do
not boil or peas will burst)

Stir in rice, onions, bell pepper, pepper, celery seed, one cup V8, and 2
chicken bouillon cubes.

Cover and simmer about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Cut stems out of center of collard green leaves. Slice and chop in match
size strips. Stir in collard greens, simmer until heated through.

== Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. == Converted by MMCONV vers.
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Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #266

Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 07:24:15 0500

From: netdir@cyberspc.mb.ca (S.Pickell)