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Bean & Ham Hock soup
Bean & Ham Hock soup

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The ingredients needed to prepare Bean & Ham Hock soup:
  1. Prepare 1 1/3 lb dried beans
  2. Get 1 water
  3. Get 1 large onion, chopped
  4. You need 3 large Ham Hocks
  5. Use spices
  6. You need 3 tsp salt (more or less to your liking)
  7. Use 1 tsp cayenne pepper (more or less to taste)
  8. You need 2 tbsp chili powder
  9. Use 3 tbsp tomato paste
  10. Provide 1 tsp ground black pepper
  11. Provide 2 tbsp Italian seasoning mix
Steps to make Bean & Ham Hock soup:
  1. Cover beans with water, by about an inch or more. Set aside for 8 hours to soak.
  2. 3 hours before beans are done place ham hocks in a pot, cover with water.
  3. Bring hocks to a boil, cover, turn down to a simmer. Check water level periodically to add more if required. If using fixed ham, do not do these hocks steps.
  4. When hocks have simmered for 3 hours, pull hocks out, place on a plate to allow to cool.
  5. Place soaked beans in large pot. Add 8 cups of hock broth and water to bring it to 8 cups.
  6. Bring beans to a boil, turn down heat to a simmer, cover. Stir ever 10-15 minutes
  7. After hocks cool down, remove bones, shred/chop meat and skin to bit sized pieces.
  8. After beans have simmered 1 1/2 hours)
  9. Chop one large onion (yellow or sweet is what I usually use), add to beans, stir
  10. Adds ham hocks or if using diced ham to beans, stir
  11. If using a premixed add season packet. Or add spices in ingredients list, not both!
  12. Simmer for 30 minutes, serve

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