How to Use hock in a Sentence

hock

noun

• Pick the meat from the hock and add it back to the peas.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• My dad was known for his chili and his ham hock and beans.
  — James Hales Remembering Rogers, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2023
• Let ham hock cool and separate the meat from the bone and skin.
  — Meredith Deeds Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• Remove ham hocks, shred the meat, and add it back into the pot.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• Using tongs, transfer the ham hock and ribs to a large plate.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2022
• Spread 2 bread slices with the pea mixture and top with the shredded ham hock.
  — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
• Use white beans in this ham hock and white bean stew from Bon Appetit.
  — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
• Turn off the heat and remove the ham hock, onion, carrot, celery and bay leaves.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Dec. 2022
• Make sure to remove the ham hock's tiny bone bits before serving.
  — Zoe Denenberg, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2023
• Ham hocks add tons of flavor to these slow-cooker collard greens.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2023
• Remove hocks; drain peas, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 June 2023
• The meat-free meal was a lesson in showing that there’s more to bean cookery than throwing a ham hock in the pot and calling it a day.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• With chunky pieces of potato and chopped ham hock, this soup is a filling entrée option.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2023
• With only 15 minutes of prep time, this recipe lets the collard greens cook with ham hocks low and slow in your trusty slow cooker.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2023
• The field was reduced to eight when Express Train was scratched in the morning with swelling in his right hock, similar to an ankle.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
• Vegetables were cooked into creamy casseroles or simmered in broth with a ham hock.
  — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
• To test the curing process, the caladores puncture, in rapid succession, four specific spots—the hock, next to the hip bone and twice around a joint of the hip and femur.
  — Richard Morgan, WSJ, 20 Dec. 2021
• Add turmeric, if using, and stock and, if using, smoked turkey (see note above if using a ham hock).
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Dec. 2020
• Sure, Sang-hyeon, who runs a hand laundry, and cohort Dong-soo, who works at said church, could use the dough; times are tight and, on the front burner, Sang-hyeon is in hock to the local mob.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
• Now through April 25, guests can dine on ham hock and foie gras terrine, rib eye with mushrooms and tarragon, chicory salad, and more.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2021
• The Classic field was reduced to eight when Express Train was scratched in the morning with swelling in his right hock, similar to an ankle.
  — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 7 Nov. 2021
• With the drama squashed, everyone can go party on the boat and ride the Jet Skis and stare at Joe Gorga’s hairless ham hock of a torso with drool running down their jowls.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2021
• In a large stockpot over high heat, combine the water, neck bones, ham hock (if using), bouillon powder, serranos and bay leaves and bring to a boil.
  — Abigail Abesamis Demarest, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Transfer ham hock to cutting board, let cool slightly, then shred into bite-size pieces, discarding skin, bones and excess fat.
  — al, 31 Dec. 2021
• Tender but toothsome beans fill you up, while a hint of ham -- typically from a leftover bone or hock -- creates a rich, savory flavor.
  — Casey Barber, CNN, 27 Feb. 2021
• Some of the most popular ones are the Bún Bò Hue, a vermicelli noodle soup with beef shank, lemongrass, Vietnamese mint and pork hock, and a lemongrass beef stew with rice noodles and carrots.
  — Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2022
• Today, of the original products, only the herring remains in the Bay View product line, along with three types of pickled eggs, and pickled sausages, pork hocks, bologna and turkey gizzards.
  — Cathy Jakicic, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
• The traditional meals feed four to six people. Choose one protein: Four schnitzels (pork or veal), four schweinshaxe (roasted ham hock) or one whole roasted chicken (split).
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 1 Sep. 2020
• Overly hard ones cause microfractures in the many bones below the hock, which sometimes heal and sometimes, as with Mongolian Groom, burst into injuries that a horse can’t survive.
  — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021
• Croquetas on the dinner menu are packed with smoky ham hock, and the Sunday brunch menu features such revelations as a waffle loaded with duck confit.
  — The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024