Ham Hock Stock

also called smoked pork stock · ham hock broth · smoked pork pot · seasoning meat · pot likker base · smoked turkey stock

Also written for Instant Pot (3 to wash).

The table

Cook this once and four sides come out of it, so it is worth three quarts at a time.
2(about 2 lb / 900 g)smoked ham hocksrinse, into the potsimmer bare 3 hr, skimmedstrain, pick the meat off the bone
1 lb(450 g)smoked pork neck bones
4 qt(3.8 L)cold water
1 large(halved)yellow onion
6 cloves(smashed)garlic
2bay leaves
1 tspblack peppercorns
1/2 tspdried red pepper flakes
Stir the picked meat back into whichever pot this stock goes
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What to lay out

Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.11 things to get out.

Pans and tools

Before anything else

2rinse, into the pot

3simmer bare 3 hr, skimmed

goes in with what step 2 made

Cooking it

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The clock

Start to finish
at least 3 hr2 of 3 steps give no time
Needs you
none given
If you get it wrong
Forgiving — salt stays out until the end: the hocks are already salty, and everything built on this stock inherits it
What you'll wash
Three things — the stockpot, the fine sieve, a container for the strained stock

  1. rinse, into the pot

    not timedfrom the start

  2. simmer bare 3 hr, skimmed

    3 hrwalk awayfrom the start

  3. strain, pick the meat off the bone

    not timed3 hr in

You'll need fine sieve · stockpot

Goes with

See how it is written
>> title: Ham Hock Stock
>> category: Soups
>> tags: pork, stock, southern, smoked, make-ahead
>> counters: Meat and Three
>> aka: smoked pork stock, ham hock broth, smoked pork pot, seasoning meat, pot likker base, smoked turkey stock
>> servings: 12
>> time: 3 hr 30 min
>> slack: forgiving — salt stays out until the end: the hocks are already salty, and everything built on this stock inherits it
>> pairs-with: collard-greens, green-beans, black-eyed-peas, butter-beans
>> washing-up: the stockpot, the fine sieve, a container for the strained stock

>> step: Cook this once and four sides come out of it, so it is worth three quarts at a time.
Cook this once and four sides come out of it.

>> step: rinse, into the pot
Rinse @smoked ham hocks{2}(about 2 lb / 900 g), @smoked pork neck bones{1%lb}(450 g) and lay them in a #stockpot{}.

>> step: simmer bare 3 hr, skimmed
Simmer @&(~1)smoked pork{} with @cold water{4%qt}(3.8 L), @yellow onion{1%large}(halved), @garlic{6%cloves}(smashed), @bay leaves{2}, @black peppercorns{1%tsp}, @dried red pepper flakes{1/2%tsp} at a bare ~simmer{3%hr}, skimming the grey foam off in the first ten minutes.

>> step: strain, pick the meat off the bone
Strain @&(~1)pot{} through a #fine sieve{} and pick the meat off the bone.

Stir the picked meat back into whichever pot this stock goes into.