Lowcountry hoppin' John from Heritage by Sean Brock

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    Can substitute chicken stock for pork stock, and scallions for chives. Soak Sea Island red peas overnight.

  • joeljkp on January 04, 2026

    @Waiting4him18: It's in there, at least in the online version at splendidtable.org. In step 1: "Drain the peas and add to the stock, along with all of the remaining ingredients except the salt."

  • Waiting4him18 on April 16, 2020

    Anyone notice the recipe errors in this? There wasn’t directions for what to do with veggies.

  • twoyolks on January 02, 2017

    I made this with fresh black-eyed peas and regular long grain rice and this was spectacular. It was much better than I'd ever imagine black-eyed peas and rice could possibly be. The pea gravy was what really made this excellent. It added a large hit of savory flavor. This was even better with just a little bit of hot sauce added to it.

  • TrishaCP on January 02, 2017

    So this was just a delicious way to celebrate New Year's Day. This recipe does require specialized ingredients (the rice and peas) that I ordered from Anson Mills in advance. But other than soaking the peas overnight and defrosting my already made chicken stock, everything else happened day of, although some of the steps were fiddly. The peas tasted really fresh and clean to me compared to black-eyed peas, and I would definitely order them again. The rice took some steps to prepare, with the parboiling, rinsing, and drying in the oven, but the texture came out exactly as promised and it did highlight the beauty of the ingredient. The one step I wouldn't repeat is the pea gravy - it didn't really add anything for me. The peas were moist enough without it.

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