Pork

Creole White Beans and Ham Hocks

Prep Time: 15 min

Cook Time: 1 hrs, 30 min

Difficulty: Intermediate

We've kicked it up a notch with our Colden's Freakin' Greek Rub and a burst of garlic to make these Creole White Beans and Ham Hocks a hit on any Southern table.

Instructions

Step 1: Burning the recteq Ultimate Blend Pellets, turn your recteq on and set it to 500°F. Place a 7 quart recteq cast enamel Dutch Oven on grill and allow both to come up to temp.
Step 2: Once grill and Dutch Oven are up to temp, add oil, onions, peppers, and celery to Dutch Oven and cook until onions become translucent (about 8-10 minutes).
Step 3: Add stock, soaked beans, ham hocks and Colden's Freakin' Greek Rub. Cover and simmer until beans are tender(about 60 minutes), making sure stock level stay full.
Step 4: Once beans start to become soft, with a slotted spoon remove 1/2 the beans and rough chop them in a food proccessor then add them back to Dutch Oven. Keep cooking until ham hocks are tender (about 30 minutes).
Step 5: Remove Dutch Oven from recteq and garnish with parsley.

Ingredients

Serving Sizes

Ingredients

1 ¹/₂ cup(s) Onions, diced coarse
1 cup(s) Bell Pepper, diced coarse
2 tablespoon(s) Garlic Paste
1 ¹/₂ cup(s) Celery, diced coarse
¹/₂ pound(s) White Navy Beans, soaked
2 Ham Hocks
4 tablespoon(s) Vegetable Oil
5 cup(s) Chicken Stock
2 tablespoon(s) Colden's Freakin' Greek Rub
¹/₂ cup(s) Parsley

Tools Needed

Dutch Oven
Nitrile Gloves
Slotted Spoon
Wooden Spoon
Knife
Cutting Board

Step 1: Burning the recteq Ultimate Blend Pellets, turn your recteq on and set it to 500°F. Place a 7 quart recteq cast enamel Dutch Oven on grill and allow both to come up to temp.
Step 2: Once grill and Dutch Oven are up to temp, add oil, onions, peppers, and celery to Dutch Oven and cook until onions become translucent (about 8-10 minutes).
Step 3: Add stock, soaked beans, ham hocks and Colden's Freakin' Greek Rub. Cover and simmer until beans are tender(about 60 minutes), making sure stock level stay full.
Step 4: Once beans start to become soft, with a slotted spoon remove 1/2 the beans and rough chop them in a food proccessor then add them back to Dutch Oven. Keep cooking until ham hocks are tender (about 30 minutes).
Step 5: Remove Dutch Oven from recteq and garnish with parsley.

Chef Pairings

These garlic-loaded white beans will be perfect served over hearty rice along with fileted fish as a main course.

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