PATTE DE COCHON (FRENCH CANADIAN PORK HOCK STEW)

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This is a tradional French Canadian dish. Every "Quebeqois" knows what this is. It is basicly a poor mans dish. Farmers found use for every part of the animals they farmed. This recipe uses the pork hocks. This was served at least once a week at my grandparents house.

Provided by queenbeatrice

Categories     Stew

Time 35m

Yield 6 bowls, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

4 pork hocks
1 lb ground pork or 1 lb beef
1 onion
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/4 cup dehydrated onion chips
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 egg
flour, for coating
3/4 cup flour, for sauce

Steps:

  • (For Broth).
  • Cover pork hocks with water, add chopped onion, garlic powder, allspice, salt and pepper. Simmer for about 2 hours. Add water as needed.
  • Remove hocks, cool and take meat off bones. Strain the broth and reserve.
  • (For Meat Balls).
  • Mix ground meat, egg, allspice, onion salt, onion chips, garlic powder, nutmeg and allspice together and form into small meatballs. Roll the meatballs in flour to coat. Place on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
  • Brown the dry flour in frying pan until light golden brown. Mix flour well with 1 ½ cup water and add to broth. Once meatballs are out of the oven, place in a casserole dish and cover with broth. Simmer in 275 degree oven for 3 hours. Add meat from pork hocks and let simmer for another hour.

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