so ham hocks can replace the bacon pieces or chunks of ham that you might typically add to beans for meaty flavor. It's common to use pinto beans with ham hock in Southern cooking, but other ...

1 lb. Great Northern Beans 1 ham hock or bone 1 small onion, chopped 1 bay leaf salt and pepper to taste Cover beans with water and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.

And for many who were born and raised in the South, ham hock might just be your family’s secret to the best pot of beans or greens. For those in the Northern states—and even among some ...

Drain the soaked beans and discard the water. Place the beans, ham hocks, chicken broth, and bay leaf in a soup pot; do not add salt at this stage. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 1 hour ...

Add carrot, celery, onion halves, cloves and bay leaves. Add your ham hock in. Bring to the boil. Then turn down and simmer gently for 1½-2 hours. The time will vary depending on the size of the ...

Preheat oven to 275 degrees. In a small, lidded, oven-safe casserole, cook ham hock, carrots, onions, celery, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf and stock, covered, until ham ...

Whether you want to make black beans, pinto beans, navy beans, kidney beans, great northern beans, or another type at home, one of the main reasons to soak dry beans is to reduce their cooking ...

Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...