Southern New Year's Traditions Stuffed Into an Egg Roll: Collard Greens, Black-Eyed Peas & Pepper Jelly Dipping Sauce
A creative fusion appetizer that wraps classic Southern New Year's Day foods — collard greens and black-eyed peas — inside crispy fried egg rolls. The video walks through the full recipe including a spicy-sweet pepper jelly dipping sauce, with an optional leftover pork hock addition. Perfect for anyone looking to honor food-for-luck traditions with a fun twist.
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Southern New Year's Luck Wrapped in an Egg Roll: Collard Greens & Black-Eyed Peas with a Twist
🧾 Ingredients
- 1collard greens (2 cups, stems removed, sliced into strips)
- 2black-eyed peas (half can, drained and rinsed)
- 3shredded carrots (½ cup)
- 4cabbage (thinly shredded)
- 5medium onion (thinly sliced)
- 6garlic (2 cloves, minced)
- 7scallions (2 tablespoons, chopped)
- 8leftover pork hock (½ cup, optional)
- 9olive oil or avocado oil (2 tablespoons)
- 10light soy sauce (3 tablespoons)
- 11sesame oil (1 teaspoon)
- 12rice wine vinegar (1 teaspoon)
- 13liquid smoke (¼ teaspoon)
- 14kosher salt (½ teaspoon)
- 15freshly ground black pepper (½ teaspoon)
- 16egg roll wrappers
- 17vegetable oil, canola oil, or peanut oil (for frying)
- 18pepper jelly (½ cup)
- 19hot sauce (2 teaspoons)
- 20low sodium soy sauce (2 teaspoons)
- 21rice wine vinegar (1 teaspoon, for sauce)
- 22sesame oil (1 teaspoon, for sauce)
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