Succotash

Total Time Prep: 1-3/4 hours Cook: 1 hour
Yield 16 servings
Test Kitchen Approved
This succotash recipe has everything that makes Southern cooking irresistible: ham hocks, beans, vegetables and herbs. It's easily customizable too, so you can add pretty much anything from your vegetable garden.

Ingredients

  • 1 smoked ham hock (about 1-1/2 pounds)
  • 1 can (28 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
  • 1-1/2 cups frozen lima beans, thawed
  • 1 package (10 ounces) crowder peas, thawed, or 1 can (15-1/2 ounces) black-eyed peas, drained
  • 1 package (10 ounces) frozen corn, thawed
  • 1 medium green pepper, chopped
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1/3 cup ketchup
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon rubbed sage
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 cup sliced fresh or frozen okra
  • Optional: Snipped fresh dill and chives

Directions

  1. Place ham hock in a Dutch oven or large saucepan, add enough water to come have-way up side of hamhock; cover and simmer until tender, about 1-1/2 hours. Remove ham bone from Dutch oven, reserving 1 cup cooking liquid; let stand until cool enough to handle. Remove meat from bone and return to pan, along with reserved cooking liquid. Discard bone and remaining broth or save for another use.
  2. Add tomatoes, beans, peas, corn, green pepper, onion, ketchup and seasonings. Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes. Add okra; simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 15 minutes. Discard bay leaf before serving. Garnish with dill and chives if desired.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 79 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 2mg cholesterol, 442mg sodium, 16g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch.

You can't get more southern than this succotash recipe. It comes from my mother, who was a fantastic cook. This dish made her famous—at least with everyone who ever tasted it. —Rosa Boone, Mobile, Alabama
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