Gina's Collard Greens

Name: Gina's Collard Greens
Prep time: 3 h 20 min
Cook time: 3 h 20 min
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 5 bundles collard greens; 3 Tbsps crushed red pepper flakes; 118 milliliters salt; 3 larges smoked ham hocks; 237 milliliters sugar; 710 milliliters salted water

Gina's Collard Greens might be just the Southern recipe you are searching for. This recipe serves 12. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and fodmap friendly recipe has 178 calories, 9g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up bundles collard greens, pepper flakes, ham hocks, and It works well as a side dish. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Instructions

Thoroughly wash collard greens, be sure to pull leaves apart and remove any sand. In a medium saucepan, bring 3 cups of salted water to a simmer.

Ingredients you will need

Collard Greens

Water

Equipment you will use

Sauce Pan

Place smoked ham hocks in salted water and cover. Cook ham hocks until slightly tender and remove from pan. In the same saucepan, add collard greens and remaining ingredients. Cover and cook greens for 2 1/2 to 3 hours until water reduces, add more water and additional salt and sugar, to taste.

Ingredients you will need

Ham Hock

Collard Greens

Greens

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Equipment

Sauce Pan

Frying Pan

Ingredients

Servings:

bundles collard greens 3Tbsps

crushed red pepper flakes 118milliliters

salt 3larges

smoked ham hocks 237milliliters

sugar 710milliliters

salted water

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. You could try Domaine Leseurre Dry Cuvee Classique Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.8 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 23 dollars per bottle.