We always had these no-bake peanut butter cookies for lunch. After getting married, one of the cooks gave me the recipe, which I have since made numerous times. Sometimes cocoa powder is used to make this cookie, but I prefer this recipe better because it doesn’t.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 ham hock
- 2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
- 12 small red potatoes
- 1 (.4 ounce) packet dry vegetable soup mix
- 1 tablespoon white sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil and butter in a large pot. Place ham hock in the pot, and brown on both sides. Reduce heat to low. Place green beans and potatoes in the pot, and pour in enough water to cover.
- Mix in soup mix, sugar, and pepper. Simmer 1 hour, or until beans and potatoes are tender. Remove hock and shred meat into pot before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 361 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 52 g |
| Cholesterol | 29 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 9 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 120 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Added pepper at the table because a tbsp seemed like too much. Otherwise, a simple and inexpensive meal.
A mixture of green and yellow wax beans is always pretty, esp w/the flecks of color the soup adds. Also, I leave out the ham hock if there are vegetarians in the crowd. Still tastes great!
I made this exactly as written including the 1 Tablespoon of black pepper. I believe that might be a typo because it was extremely hot. I am surprised no one else mentioned the pepper. The dry soup gave it a great flavor and I will make it again but with MUCH less pepper.
Very good. I make this type of recipe a lot in the summer time. It is a favorite of my husband and son. First time I’ve made it adding the vegetable soup packet and sugar. It was very good, but not sure why the sugar is needed. I served this with ‘Greek Veggie Salad’ from AR and garlic bread with sliced tomatoes, popped under the broiler.
WOW~ These were awesome! I ran out of…of all things, olive oil, but it didn’t matter. I got rave reviews from the fam! This is a keeper!
WOW~ These were awesome! I ran out of…of all things, olive oil, but it didn’t matter. I got rave reviews from the fam! This is a keeper!
Oh my goodnesss, I finally reached fresh-sting-beans-from-scratch to perfection! Thanks so much for this great receipe!
This is wonderful! Everyone in my family loved it including my very picky son. I used ingredients I already had. Frozen beans instead of fresh, onion soup mix instead of vegtable and then added a generous tablespoon of Herbes De Provence. Delicious!
Tried this over a yr ago. Made it a few times for family get togethers. It is a hit everytime. Never any left.
Overall very good. Used a leftover spiral ham cut into chunks. Could use a bit more flavor. Will make again.