Hoppin' john salad

6 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Black-eyed peas -- cooked
3 cups Long-grain rice -- cooked
½ cup Red onion -- chopped
¼ cup Celery -- chopped
1 Jalapeno pepper -- seeded
And minced
¼ cup Fresh chervil or parsley --
Loosely packed
¼ cup Fresh mint -- loosely
Packed
1 Clove garlic
½ teaspoon Salt
3 tablespoons Lemon juice -- freshly
Squeezed
¼ cup Olive oil
¼ teaspoon Black pepper -- freshly
Ground

Directions

Combine peas, rice and next three ingredients in a large bowl.

Place herbs and garlic on a cutting board, and sprinkle evenly with salt. Finely chop herbs and garlic. Sprinkle herbs over rice mixture and stir gently.

Combine lemon juice, oil and pepper. Stir into rice mixture. Makes 6 cups.

This recipe, from John Martin Taylor's __The New Southern Cook__, was published in the March, 1996 issue of Southern Living magazine.

Entered into MasterCook by Terri Law, 8/22/96.

Recipe By : John Martin Taylor in __The New Southern Cook__

Related recipes