Easy New Year’s Day One-Pot Meal

This easy, one-pot dish includes the Southern traditional New Year’s foods of black-eyed peas for luck and cabbage to represent money in the new year.

8 servings

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Don’t be put off by the fact that the beef isn’t browned first—skipping the step makes the dish easier to prepare, and the savory meat juices add to the flavor.

Ingredients

6 cups shredded cabbage
1 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
1 teaspoon salt
1 pound ground sirloin
1 can (10-ounce) diced tomatoes and green chiles
1 can (14-ounce) diced fire-roasted tomatoes
1 can (14-ounce) reduced-sodium beef broth
1 can (15-ounce) black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Prep Time - 5
Cook Time - 70

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F.
Place cabbage, rice, salt, meat, tomatoes and green chiles, diced tomatoes, and beef broth in a Dutch oven or large baking dish.
Cook, covered, 40 minutes. Stir and continue cooking until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 30 minutes. Stir in black-eyed peas and pepper.

Recipe by Holly Clegg.

Nutritional Info (per serving)