by mem31966

You can cut up about 4 pieces of bacon and cook in the stock pot until the fat is rendered and them complete the rest of the recipe if you don't have a ham hock.

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Name: Green Beans - Southern
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: not set
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh green beans; 1/2 cup onion chopped; 1 clove garlic minced; 2 tablespoons butter; 1 medium ham hock; 2 cups Chicken broth; 1/2 tablespoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper

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INGREDIENTS

1 pound fresh green beans
1/2 cup onion ; chopped
1 clove garlic ; minced
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium ham hock
2 cups Chicken broth
1/2 tablespoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Wash the green beans.

Snap off the ends of the greens beans and cut or snap the green beans into pieces. Set aside.

Finely dice onion and garlic

In a saucepan or pot, melt butter.

Add in onion and saute until soft, add the garlic and saute for about 30 seconds

Add the chicken broth and ham hock

Bring to a boil

Add in green beans.

Cover and simmer for 1- 1½ hours. Check the green beans every 5 minutes after the one hour mark. You don't want to overcook them or they will be mushy!

Season with seasoning salt & black pepper.

Serve and enjoy!

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Serving Size: 1 Serving (872g)
Recipe Makes: 8 Servings

Calories: 1379
Calories from Fat: 785 (57%)

Amt Per Serving		% DV

	Total Fat 87.2g	116 %
	Saturated Fat 38.2g	191 %
	Monounsaturated Fat 31.7g
	Polyunsanturated Fat 11.3g
Cholesterol 383.8mg		118 %
Sodium 772.9mg		27 %
Potassium 2229.5mg		59 %
Total Carbohydrate 54.9g		16 %
	Dietary Fiber 2g	8 %
	Sugars, other 52.9g
Protein 92.5g		132 %
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Calories per serving: 1379

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