Hoppin' John - Cajun Style

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 -4 slices bacon
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) can tomato juice
• 1 (12 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 1 teaspoon cajun spices (more or less to taste) or 1 teaspoon dry rub seasonings (more or less to taste)
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce (more or less to taste)
• 2 tablespoons bacon drippings or 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
• 1 (15 ounce) can black-eyed peas, undrained
• parsley

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon, drain on paper toweling; crumble and set aside.
• 2 reserve 2 tablespoons grease.
• 3 in a medium sized mixing bowl, combine rice, water, tomato juice, tomatoes, onion, seasonings (liquid and dry) and bacon drippings.
• 4 pour into a 2 quart buttered casserole; cover tightly.
• 5 bake at 350* for 1 hour.
• 6 uncover, stir and toss lightly with black-eyed peas.
• 7 top with crumbled bacon pieces.
• 8 cover and bake for about 30 more minutes.
• 9 garnish with parsley, if desired.