How do you cook a hamhock?

Answer 1

Typically when you're cooking a hamhock you're cooking it in a pea soup or with beans. You put the hamhock in the pot at the beginning of your cooking time along with the beans and/or peas and the water (enough water to cover the hamhock) and onions and seasonings. Cover and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for about 1 1/2 hours until the meat comes a way from the bone and can be easily removed from the bone. To remove the meat from the bone, take the hamhock out of the pot and put it on a plate or cutting board and let it cool enough to handle. Take the meat off the bone and discard the fat and the bone. Put the meat back into the soup pot. Now you can add other vegetables and cook until the vegetables are tender and the beans and/or peas are tender and thick to your liking.