Hot Hoppin' John Salad

Ingredients

• coarsely chopped Ham
  1 cup
• chopped Onion

  divided
  1 cup
• garlic

  minced
  2 cloves
• vegetable oil
  1 tablespoon
• hot cooked rice (cooked in chicken broth)
  3 cups
• -ounce can black-eyed peas

  rinsed and drained
  1 16 unit
• teaspoonhot pepper sauce
  1 unit
• cracked black pepper
  1/2 teaspoon
• salt
  1/4 teaspoon
• Bacon
  2 slices
• very finely shredded green cabbage
  4 cups