Slow-Cooked Country Green Beans

Name: Slow-Cooked Country Green Beans
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 cup chopped yellow onions; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 1 (8-ounce) ham hock, scored; 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 1/2 pounds green beans, trimmed and halved; Note: The salt and pepper we used here were suitable for the ham hock we had. However, depending upon the cure of your ham hock, you may require more or less salt. That said, hold off on adding the salt until about halfway through the cooking process

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"While the cooking time may seem extremely long, this is an old-fashioned Southern means of cooking vegetables. When cooked this way, the beans are served with their "pot liquor" and cornbread to sop it up...."

INGREDIENTS

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1 tablespoon vegetable oil

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1 cup chopped yellow onions

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3/4 teaspoon salt

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1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

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1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

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1 (8-ounce) ham hock, scored

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1 tablespoon minced garlic

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1 1/2 pounds green beans, trimmed and halved

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Note: The salt and pepper we used here were suitable for the ham hock we had. However, depending upon the cure of your ham hock, you may require more or less salt. That said, hold off on adding the salt until about halfway through the cooking process

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