Hoppin' John Casserole

[squirtthecat]

Original recipe here.

- 1/4 head of cabbage rough chopped
- 1 cup of Texmati brown rice, precooked by 1/2 in the microwave
- 1 pound ground turkey/sirloin/venison  (not the super lean stuff - you need some fat in it)
- 1 can Rotel tomatoes w/ green chilies
- 1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes
- 1 can reduced sodium beef broth
- 1 can Glory Black Eye Peas (don't rinse don't drain)
- salt/pepper
- 1/4 cup STARNES (or your favorite hot sauce)


Preheat oven to 350°.

I start the brown rice in the microwave first, dumping in 2/3rds of the can of beef broth, and the juice from the other canned items.    Probably 8 minutes or so on high.

Quarter up a head of cabbage and rough chop it.   It will consume a large cutting board, so plan accordingly.  (don't ask me how I know that)

Pile the cabbage in a large greased (PAM, whatever) covered oval dish.  S&P next.  Spread the raw ground turkey/sirloin/deer on top of the cabbage, try to break it up a bit.   I put the hot rice mixture on next.   Then the canned tomatoes and the last of the beef broth.   

Cover tightly and into the oven for 40 minutes. 

Stir well. breaking up the meat into chunks.   If the meat is looking dry, put a couple glugs of EVOO in.

Back into the oven for another 20.

Stir.  Add the BEPs and hot sauce.

Back into the oven for another 10.

Stir.

Let rest on the top of the oven.  Stir again before serving.  The rice should have soaked up most of the liquid by this point, and the cabbage should be steamed and soft - yet still have a little bit of crunch.

Looks like this:

[classicrockgriller]

Was looking thru my Mom's recipes and found her recipe for her Hopin' John Beans.

[squirtthecat]

Was looking thru my Mom's recipes and found her recipe for her Hopin' John Beans.

The only connection here is the BEPs..

We just started calling it that and it stuck.

[ghost9mm]

Thanks Squirt...it's now in my book...

[squirtthecat]

Sub some pork sausage and you could have the base for a New Year's Day breakfast fatty..

[KyNola]

STC, for a yankee you sure cook like a natural born Southerner.  Hoppin' John is an old dish that traditionally was blackeyed peas and rice cooked together, that was it.

That reminds me, I have a blackeyed peas jambalaya recipe laying around somewhere that is TOTALLY out of sight.  Also reminds me I have a cabbage and smoked ham hock gumbo recipe laying around too.  That stuff is CRAZY good.  I have got to dig those recipes out.

[OU812]

Thanks Pat.

I'm sooooooo gonna cook this up!


Oh Ya,,,,,,,,thanks for the link too.

[SouthernSmoked]

Dang Pat...

That really looks good!

I'll have to give that a try.

[squirtthecat]

I made this tonight as printed..   WOW, too much Starnes!

It was good, but it about took the top of my head off.    Next time, 1/8th of a cup of the hot stuff.

[OU812]

I made this tonight as printed..   WOW, too much Starnes!

It was good, but it about took the top of my head off.    Next time, 1/8th of a cup of the hot stuff.

Only 2 Tbl?

I thought 1/4 cup was just right  ;D

I need to make this again,,,,,,,,,,,,soon