Southern Style Thanksgiving Green Beans

SUBMITTED BY: Kirk Warner PHOTO BY: creole mama

"This is a great recipe for Thanksgiving or any holiday. It has been in my family for many years. Hope you enjoy it."

PREP TIME	40 Min
COOK TIME	4 Hrs 10 Min
READY IN	4 Hrs 50 Min

SERVINGS & SCALING

Original recipe yield: 8 Servings

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INGREDIENTS

2 quarts water
4 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped into 1 1/2 inch pieces
1 ham hock
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
1/4 cup distilled white vinegar
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon black pepper

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DIRECTIONS

Place the water in a large pot, and mix in the green beans, ham hock, onion, garlic, and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, and cook 10 minutes.
Reduce heat to low, and simmer 4 hours. Remove the ham hock, and slice the meat into small pieces. Return meat to the beans, and serve.

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Reviewed on Nov. 30, 2005 by jennifer_95

Definetely a great recipe! I would make this again next year for Thanksgiving. I put all of the ingredients in my crockpot in the morning and let it cook on low for about 7 hours and it was delicious!

10 users found this review helpful

Reviewed on Nov. 25, 2006 by Veronica

This was great!! This was our first attempt at homemade fresh green beans. We tried to make it a from-scratch Thanksgiving this year, and everything turned out great, including these beans!! . We threw 1/2 a pound of beans (enough for a side dish for 2), 4 slices of pan-fried bacon, cut up, in lieu of the hamhock (if we do bacon again, we'll do 2 slices), and 2 tbsp of brown sugar into the mix for fun, and the beans came out with just the right amount of sweet & salty (the bacon ended up a little sweet though, so next time, we'll try ham). . We cooked them on high in the crockpot for 20 minutes, then low for the next 3 1/2 hours while the turkey took its time. The beans turned out deliciously, just the right amount of tenderness and firmness and a great flavor. :)

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