Smoked ham hocks are the secret to incredible soups like our Creamy Potato-and-Ham Hock Slow-Cooker Soup and Capitol Hill Bean Soup.

Recipe for Winter Vegetable Stew with Smoked Ham Hock, adapted from The Dubliner Irish Pub.

If you're wondering how to cook smoked pork hocks in the oven or on the stove, we've got the scoop on the best way to roast or boil ham hock so it's delicious.

Beans: 1 lb dried pinto, red kidney, or small white beans ½ lb smoked ham hock or any other smoked ham ¼ cup olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped ½ green pepper, seeded and finely chopped 1 ...

It’s easy to confuse with a ham bone, but they’re actually different. Find out why—and what a ham hock can do for your recipes.

If you can't find ham hocks, you can usually successfully substitute a ham bone, smoked bacon, or smoked sausage. And if you are going pork-free, try smoked turkey sausage or bacon.

I prefer to use Tails and Trotters ham hocks for this recipe because they are so meaty and so perfectly smoked, but any ham hock will do.

Nestle 1 smoked ham hock into the onion mixture, letting it sit on the bottom of the pot, and cook until browned, 3 to 4 minutes.

Ladle 1 to 1 1/2 cups potlikker from collard greens with smoked ham hocks into each bowl, as well as a little of the ham and the collard greens in each bowl. Cut the eggs in half.

1 smoked or unsmoked ham hock weighing about 1kg, soaked overnight in cold water, rinsed 200g green split peas, soaked overnight in cold water 1 large shallot, finely chopped 2-3 tsp English mustard ...