Hoppin' John Recipe

Ingredients For Hoppin' John Recipe

• 1 Smoked Ham Hock
• 1 Medium yellow onion, peeled, quartered, and root end trimmed
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1.5 cup Dried field peas, preferably not black eyed peas, rinsed, picked over for debris, and soaked overnight
• 1 tablespoon Diamond crystal ; for table salt use 1/2 as much by volume or the same weight
• 0.5 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon Onion powder