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Why We Eat Black Eyed Peas For New Years: Hoppin’ John Recipe

rice and beans

Celebrate a Happy New Year and give yourself some good luck with the ultimate black eyed pea recipe, flavor packed Hoppin’ John beans and rice. Black-eyed peas’ most popular expression is Hoppin’ John, a steaming bowl of beans, rice, and pork that is especially popular in coastal South Carolina and Georgia.

Step-By-Step Directions For Making Delicious Asian-Style Bacon

Asian bacon.

Salty and sweet is the magic combo for bacon. Using honey for the sweet and adding spicy Sriracha takes it over the top, especially when you amp up the savory, meaty, umami flavors with hoisin and soy sauce. Ginger, garlic, and five-spice powder round out the Chinese flavor profile here.

Asian Style BBQ Sauce

Asian barbecue sauce in a jar

With a combination of East-meets-West ingredients, this simple Asian BBQ sauce recipe brings the heat and the sweet to enhance the flavors of your favorite foods. It’s especially good as a dipping sauce for fried appetizers like pulled pork egg rolls.

Slice Into Juicy And Tender Pork Loin, Sous-Vide-Que Style

Sous vide and smoked pork loin sliced

Create perfect pork loins every time with this recipe for sous vide and smoked (sous-vide-que) pork loin. Lean pork loin cooks slowly in a sous vide water bath until moist and tender before being finished with indirect heat on the grill until smoky and golden brown. You’ll never look at pork loin the same way.

Crunchy And Lightly Charred Carrots, Sous-Vide-Que Style

Charred carrots on a cutting board

Grilling carrots can be a challenge but the addition of sous vide ensures that they are cooked to perfection before being grilled. A temperature controlled water bath cooks the carrots until fork tender. Once perfectly cooked, the carrots a grilled over high heat just long enough to give them a nice char and smoke.

Cool As A Cucumber Salad, Thai Style

Thai cucumber salad

Add a touch of Thai to your next backyard cookout with this recipe for sweet and tangy cold cucumber salad. One of the simple pleasures of dining in a Thai restaurant is the lovely delicate cucumber salad they serve as an appetizer and now you can replicate it at home with this simple to prepare recipe.

Get A Taste Of Morocco With This Grilled Leg Of Lamb, Mechoui Style

Close up of cooked lamb legs.

In Morocco, Mechoui means ‘roasted on an open fire.’ Whole lamb is usually roasted on a spit, and often the cavity is filled with organ meats, herbs, or fruits. In this twist on the traditional mechoui, a leg of lamb is marinated overnight in charmoula. It is then seasoned, grilled, and served with harissa hot sauce.

A Hot Dog Road Trip: The Country’s Best Regional Franks

Nathan's Famous Hotdogs

Where did the hot dog get its start? Back in Europe if we’re being honest. But as sausages came to America, these singular tubes of meat evolved into several regional specialties such as the Coney Island Hot Dog, the New York Streetcart Dog, and the Chicago Hot Dog. Here is the unvarnished history of them all.

Make These Crunchy French-Style Green Beans Even The Kids Will Love

green beans in a white dish

You’ve heard of French fries, well here are French beans, and they’re just as good. Nothing fancy about this great recipe other than the taste. In France they use a variety of bean called haricots vert that is longer and thinner than the typical string bean grown in the US, but you can use plain fresh green beans.