Beans N' Ham Hocks

Total Time: 6 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (16 ounce) package pink beans (washed and picked clean of rocks and soaked over night)
• 1 small onion, diced
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 large ham hock, split in half
• 6 -8 cups water or 6 -8 cups chicken stock
• salt and pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 in crockpot add cleaned beans, onions, garlic and ham hock.
• 2 cover with water or chicken stock and cook on medium for 6 hours.
• 3 at about the half way point the meat should come off the ham hock, if not let it cook a little longer until you can. remove the ham hock from beans and let cool.
• 4 remove the layer of fat from the ham hock and shred the meat into bite size pieces and return to the crockpot.
• 5 when beans are done add salt and pepper to taste and skim as much fat off the beans as possible.