Alternative:Hoppin John

Alternative:Hoppin John
Category:	Camping recipes
Servings:	8
Time:	1 hour
Difficulty:

| American cuisine | Beans | Rice

Ingredients

• 6 slices bacon
• 1 medium onion, diced
• ½ cup diced celery
• ½ cup diced bell pepper
• 4½ cups water
• 2 packages Uncle Ben's Original Recipe Long Grain and Wild Rice
• 3 cans black-eyed peas
• 3 jalapeños, seeded and diced

Procedure

1. Dice bacon, brown in large Dutch oven, remove bacon, and reserve 2 tablespoons of grease in pan.
2. Add onion, celery, and bell pepper, and sauté 5 minutes.
3. Add rice and seasoning packet, water, and black-eyed peas; cover and simmer 25 minutes.
4. Add bacon and jalapeños, cover and heat 5 to 10 minutes more.