Southern Collard Greens

Name: Southern Collard Greens
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 kilograms cartons each) chicken broth (8 cups total); 907 grams packages each) fresh collard greens, washed, trimmed; 4 cloves garlic, crushed; 1 large onion, chopped; 1 teaspoons pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 smoked ham hock; 2 Tbsps white vinegar

Southern Collard Greens is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine.

Instructions

In 10-quart stockpot or Dutch oven, heat broth over medium-high heat.

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Broth

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Add onion, garlic and ham hock.

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Ham Hock

Garlic

Onion

Heat to boiling.

Carefully add collards greens, one bag at a time. Once greens have wilted, stir in salt, pepper and vinegar.

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Collard Greens

Vinegar

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Salt

Cover; cook 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours or until greens reach your desired tenderness.

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Greens

Remove ham hock.

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Ham Hock

Remove ham from bone; discard bone. Shred ham; return to stockpot and stir.

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Servings:

2kilograms

cartons each) chicken broth (8 cups total)907grams

packages each) fresh collard greens, washed, trimmed 4cloves

garlic, crushed 1large

onion, chopped 1teaspoons

pepper 1teaspoon

salt 1

smoked ham hock 2Tbsps

white vinegar

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 Steppe Cellars Dry Riesling. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 18 dollars per bottle.