Best Country Green Beans And Ham Recipes

Country Green Beans and Ham image

Provided by Food Network

Yield 8 to 10 servings

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ham shank, cut into 1-inch pieces
Freshly ground black pepper
2 cups thinly sliced yellow onions
Salt
3 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
Water

Steps:

In a large saucepan, with a lid, over medium heat, add the oil. Season the ham with black pepper. Add the ham and cook for 2 minutes on each side. Remove and set aside. Add the onions. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 2 minutes. Add the reserved ham and beans back to the pan. Cover the beans completely with water. Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce heat to medium low, partially cover and cook for 2 hours. Remove from the heat and reseason if necessary

Green Beans and Country Ham, Southern-Style Recipe - (4/5) image

Provided by Becky Jo

Number Of Ingredients 7

2 * 2 pounds green beans, cleaned and snapped
* About 1/4-pound thinly sliced country ham (see notes below)
2 * 2 medium potatoes, cut in large cubes (see notes below)
1 * 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
* Water
* Salt and pepper to taste
4 * 4 tablespoons unsalted butter

Steps:

Place the ham slices in a large sauté pan. Add about 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer until ham is tender. Remove ham from pot and cut into small pieces. Return to the pot and add the beans, potatoes and onions. Season with pepper. Add a bit more water if needed, but not too much. Bring back to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer until beans are very tender, about 1 hour. (Cooking time will depend on the age of the beans.) Taste the beans and add salt if needed but, since country ham is very salty, additional salt will probably not be necessary. If there appears to be too much broth, cook on high without the cover until some of the moisture evaporates. Add butter to beans and stir until melted; replace lid and cook an additional 10 minutes. This will keep, covered, over low heat until serving. Notes: If you want a meatier main dish, add some smoked ham pieces when you add the beans. For most people, more country ham would make it too salty. Instead of large potatoes, you can use about one pound baby or creamer potatoes, halved if large. I like yukon gold, but any boiling potato is fine.

SAUTEED GREEN BEANS WITH GARLIC AND COUNTRY HAM image

Yield 10

Number Of Ingredients 6

3lbs fresh green beans trimmed
24 garlic cloves(peeled)
2tbl salt
5tbl evoo
3/4 lb. 1/4inch ham slices cut into strips 1/4 x 2inches
3tbl unsalted butter

Steps:

drop garlic into large pot of boiling water and cook until very tender(8minutes). using slotted spoon transfer garlic to plate. pat dry. add salt and green beans to same pot of boiling water. cokk until beans are just tender about 6 minutes. drain beans and rinse under cold water. pat dry.place beans in large bowl. heat 2 tbl oil in heavy pot over med-high heat.add ham and saute until crisp about 4 minutes. transfer ham to bowl with green beans.(can be prepared one day ahead.cover garlic and bean mixture seperately and refridgerate.) melt butter and remaining oil in large skillet over medium high heat.add cooked garlic and mash with back of wooden spoon.add green beans and ham and toss until heated through and coated with garlic. season with salt and peeper and mound on serving platter.