Hoppin’ John in the Summertime

Description

A hearty Low Country stew adapts itself to a southern summer salad. I got this from my Low Country mother-in-law, who tweaked an idea from her mother’s hoppin’ john soup one year when it was just too hot.

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups cooked long grain and wild rice mix
  • 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
  • ½ cup chopped red onion
  • ½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
  • ½ pound fresh crabmeat, picked over for cartilage and shell fragments
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
  • ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce, or to taste
  • salt to taste
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 large tomato, sliced

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 35 mins

Servings: 4

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