Hoppin' John With Greens - Slow Cooker

Ingredients

• 1 cup black-eyed peas dried rinsed
• 2 bunches collard greens chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 6 servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
• 1  onion chopped
• 1 tablespoon oregano dried
• 1 tablespoon pepper flakes red
• 1  ham hock smoked
• 1 cube vegetable bouillon 
• 2 cups vegetable broth 
• 0.3 cup water hot
• 1 cup rice long-grain white

Equipment

• bowl
• pot
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Cover black-eyed peas with water in a large soup pot, bring to a boil, and boil for 2 minutes. Reduce heat to low and simmer peas for 1 hour.
2. Drain.
3. Dissolve vegetable bouillon cube in 1/4 cup hot water in a small bowl; pour bouillon into slow cooker. Stir black-eyed peas, onion, garlic, ham hock, collard greens, oregano, red pepper flakes, and vegetable broth into the cooker.
4. Add 5 cups of water or as needed to cover. Cook 5 hours on High. Stir rice into stew and cook 1 more hour.
5. Remove meat from ham hock, chop meat, and return to stew. Season with salt and black pepper.