Reviewed: Jan. 14, 2012

My husband loved this. I didn't have pepperonicin peppers...I put in half a jar of medium salsa and a pound of fried bacon. DIdn't have a ham hock. Tasted great....better the next day. Definately we will make this again.

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Teresa

Reviewed: Jan. 12, 2012

Outstanding! The only changes I made was using a single small container of Knorr concentrated chicken stock with 5 cups of water and a red bell pepper instead of diced tomato. There is plenty of tender ham on the ham hocks, but you have to cut through the fat to get it out. This dish was absolutely delicious and I will make it often!

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Linda B

Reviewed: Jan. 9, 2012

STUPENDOUS FLAVOR! Do NOT leave out the pepperoncini, but adjust amount up or down according to your 'spice' preference - the flavor is superb! Believe me, I almost passed this one by when I saw pepperoncini as an ingredient - so VERY glad I did not!! DE-LI-CI-OUS!!!!

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Teresa

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Los Angeles, California, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 3, 2012

This was amazingly easy to prepare, and delicious! I did substitute smoked turkey for the ham hocks, but otherwise followed the recipe. On the advice from others I did include the pepperoncini peppers and it was not at all spicy. My family loved it so I will definitely make again.

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kspers

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

Loved this recipe -- real keeper. Don't need the water and it was perfect. Thank you.

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KAYEHD

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

I'm not sure whether I should review this as I just used it as a guide to throw together a last minute whim. I used canned black eyed peas, bacon and far less liquids to keep it fast - but tried to keep true to the mix of other ingredients/seasonings. The whole family loved it - and they are not bean lovers - there's nothing left!

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LJE

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Cary, North Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2012

This was great! I adjusted the recipe quite a bit, thanks to many of the reviews here. :) I omitted the water and made this a vegetarian dish by using vegetable broth instead of chicken stock and omitted the ham hock. I did not drain the tomatoes, and the liquid from the broth & tomatoes was more than enough for this recipe. I had to cook it longer than 3 hours to reduce the liquid, I'd say around 4 hours, and it was a perfect consistency. I paired it with Italian-Style Swiss Chard & Grandmother's Buttermilk Cornbread (both also found on allrecipes). Great complements to the beans. The chard helped add some additional spice to compensate for the lack of meat in the beans. A great New Years Day meal! Thank you for sharing this!!!!

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AMBER-SAN

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Living In: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2011

gr8 recipe... as like many others, i put less water... family loved it... will be using again soon.. thx...

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dedclj

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Dallas, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2011

My first attempt at Black eyed peas and hamhocks. I followed closely, but did not have the peppers or bay leaf. I baked overnight in the crockpot on Low. These were soooo good. Great Flavor!!! Will make again!

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