Country Style Green Beans

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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
7
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt 1 stick of butter in a heavy 3 quart pan.
  • Add onions and cook over low heat for a few minutes but not let the onions get brown.
  • Except for the remaining stick of butter and salt add all of the remaining ingredients to the onions.
  • Partially cover and bring to a boil and boil for 5 minutes.
  • Then lower the heat and cover completley.
  • Simmer at least 15 minutes or until green beans are cooked to the tenderness you like.
  • Drain off the liquid and remove ham hock.
  • Take the skin off the ham hock and cut meat from the bone.
  • Return the meat to the beans.
  • Add salt and the remaining butter an toss until butter is melted and green beans are coated.

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Reviews

  1. Wow! Just the recipe I was craving tonigh ~ thanks much! This one is a keeper for sure and went great with my country fried pork chops, fried squash, & grandma's cornbread dressing - YUM-OH!
     
  2. Awesome green beans! I like the butter and onion idea in this recipe. The beans had a great flavor to them. Thanks for sharing this wonderful country flavor style green beans. Its a keeper in my vegetable book!
     
  3. Oh, this is it! This is definitely the way my Mom and my Nana used to cook green beans! I never had their exact recipe, so I always tried to guess...But this is IT! (I think I've been shorting the amount of butter all this time...) Thank you so much for posting this, Bullwinkle! It's a keeper for me!! :)
     
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