Hoppin' John | America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 cup Sea Island red peas
• 1 smoked ham hock, split in half vertically along bone
• 1 tablespoon table salt
• 6 ounces salt pork, skin removed, rinsed, patted dry, and cut into ¾-inch pieces
• ¼ cup vegetable oil or lard
• 1 cup chopped onion
• 3 scallions, sliced ½ inch thick
• 1½ cups long-grain or Carolina Gold rice, unrinsed
• 1 teaspoon table salt
• ¾ teaspoon pepper
• ¾ teaspoon granulated garlic
• ½ teaspoon onion powder