All Easy Recipes. Cook all that you can cook. Smoked Pork And Bean Soup
 
What You Need:            (To Serve: 6)
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  • 1½ cups dried pink beans
  • 2 smoked ham hocks, about 3 pounds total, sawed into 1-inch pieces
  • 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and chopped
  • 1½ teaspoons Hungarian paprika
  • 2 quarts Beef Stock or use canned
  • 2 teaspoons freshly rendered lard or oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
  • Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

  • How To Cook:
    1. Soak the beans overnight in about 4 cups of water. Drain the beans and place in a 6-quart pot, along with all other ingredients except the lard, garlic, salt, and pepper.

    2. Cover and simmer until the hocks are tender, about 1½ hours. Strain the hocks from the pot and cool. Remove the meat and discard the bones. Remove ¼ of the beans and puree with 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Return to the pot.

    3. Chop the deboned meat and add to the pot. Stir all together and return the soup to a simmer. Heat a small frying pan, add the lard or oil and garlic, and saute for a moment. Add to the pot along with the salt and pepper.

    4. Be careful with the salt, because the hocks may have provided enough salt already.


     
     
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