Old-Fashioned Collard Greens

Name: Old-Fashioned Collard Greens
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon celery salt; 1 kilograms bunches fresh collard greens (about; 1 Tbsp hot sauce (such as Tabasco); 6 servings Hot Pepper Vinegar; 680 grams smoked ham hocks

Need This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

Place first 3 ingredients and 1 qt. water in a large Dutch oven. Bring to a boil; simmer, uncovered, 1 hour.

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Trim and discard thick stems from bottom of collard green leaves. Tear leaves into 2-inch pieces.

Place leaves in a large bowl of water. Swish leaves around to remove any dirt.

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Remove leaves from bowl, and discard water.

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Add leaves to Dutch oven; stir. (The pot will be full, but the leaves will cook down.) Cover and simmer, stirring every 30 minutes, for 1 1/2 hours.

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Remove ham hocks; remove meat from hocks, and chop. Discard any fat. Return meat to Dutch oven.

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Serve greens with a slotted spoon. Pass with Hot Pepper Vinegar. Reserve and enjoy potlikker.

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Servings:

1teaspoon

celery salt 1kilograms

bunches fresh collard greens (about 1Tbsp

hot sauce (such as Tabasco)6servings

Hot Pepper Vinegar 680grams

smoked ham hocks

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. The Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken with a 4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 21 dollars per bottle.