Green Beans and Potatoes

🧂 Ingredients

• 8 Slices Thick Cut Bacon

  Sliced into small pieces.
• 2 Ham Hocks
• 2 Yellow Onions

  Chopped
• 1 tablespoon Fresh Minced Garlic
• 2 Lb Fresh Green Beans

  Ends cut
• 6 tablespoon Salted Butter
• 6 Cups Chicken Stock
• 1 Lb Red and Yukon Gold Potatoes
• Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

• 1 Preheat a cast iron dutch Oven over high heat.
• 2 Prep all of the vegetables. Cut both ends off of the green beans, slice the
  potatoes in half add them to a bowl of cold water to keep their color, and dice
  the onions.
• 3 Using sharp kitchen shears, cut the bacon into pieces right over the Dutch Oven
  and allow the bacon to start crisping up.
• 4 Add the diced onions to the fried bacon pieces and sauté until the onions are
  fragrant and softening.
• 5 Add the garlic to the bacon and onions, sautéing for another 30 seconds until
  the garlic is also fragrant.
• 6 Add the Ham Hocks and evenly spread the green beans through the pot.
• 7 Pour in the chicken stock and bring the pot to a boil.
• 8 Once it's boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the pot, and simmer for
  about 40 minutes.
• 9 At the 40-minute point, remove the ham hocks and carefully remove any remaining
  meat still on the bone. Discard the bones and toss the meat in with the green
  beans.
• 10 Add the potatoes with the green beans and ham, stirring to be sure they are even
  distributed.
• 11 Add the butter, cover the pot, and simmer for 15 minutes, checking the potatoes
  halfway through with a fork to prevent overcooking.
• 12 Turn the heat off and let the pot of green beans and potatoes rest, and the
  flavors meld.

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