Thursday, December 31, 2009

Black-Eyed Pea Dip

So, to satisfy the southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Year's to ensure good luck for the next year, I decided to make a dip for the party that we're going to this evening. It's really simple. First, take about 3/4 of a pound of bacon. Fry it until crisp or better yet, try this method of cooking bacon. Preheat the oven to 400 deg. Get out a cookie sheet and put a rack on it. Put the entire package of bacon on the rack and set it in the oven. It will crisp up in about 45 minutes. Then take two cans of black-eyed peas, drain them, reserving the pea juice, and throw them in a food processor and zap it. Add a bit of the pea juice to smooth out the dip. Then take out 2-3 chipotle peppers (to taste) and a little adobo sauce and put it in the processor and zap. You could leave out the sour cream, but, why? Throw in say 3/4 cup sour cream and zap again. Then add in the cooked bacon. Zap again. Season with salt and zap. Chop up 3-5 green onions. Zap a little just to mix. Chill it. Serve with Frito's. And have good luck!