Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, southern collard greens. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Traditionally, Southern collard greens are made with pork. In this recipe, chopped bacon is cooked until almost crisp and the drippings are used to saute chopped onions, which forms the foundation of the dish, along with chopped smoked ham and garlic.
Southern collard greens is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Southern collard greens is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern collard greens using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Southern collard greens:
- Get 5 strips hickory smoked bacon, cut in big cubes
- Get 2 lb bag of pre-washed collard greens
- Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
- Prepare Pinch red pepper flakes
- Prepare 2 tbsp white vinegar
- Get 3 tbsp salt… add more to your taste
- Prepare 3 tbsp black pepper
- Get Splash olive oil at the end
My grandparents and parents farmed greens for years and this is what they taught me. Southern Collard Greens, a side dish served in Southern homes all year round. It's a traditional favorite for New Years Day as the greens are supposed to bring wealth for the New Year. Add the collard greens (the pot will seems overflowing, but they wilt) and stir until wilted (cover them every couple of minutes for a couple of minutes to help wilt them).
Steps to make Southern collard greens:
- Sit greens in sink filled with cold water to rinse off any dirt.
- Cut each strip if bacon into 4 pieces. Cook in Dutch oven pot until crispy. Remove bacon and add greens. Fill pot with water until just covering the greens.
- Cover pot. After about 30 mins add salt, sugar, pepper and let boil, covered for an hour. Continue to stir about every 30 minutes until finished. Add pinch of red pepper at end. Add salt/ sugar and pepper to your liking.
- Add cooked bacon back into pot. Traditionally many used “fatback” instead of bacon for deeper flavor OR you may used smoked turkey wing or smoked turkey neck!
- Enjoy with sweet cornbread with a tad bit of hot sauce and vinegar
It's a traditional favorite for New Years Day as the greens are supposed to bring wealth for the New Year. Add the collard greens (the pot will seems overflowing, but they wilt) and stir until wilted (cover them every couple of minutes for a couple of minutes to help wilt them). Add salt and pepper to taste and the vinegar. Stir in the bacon, some butter, salt and. Remove the stems that run down the center by holding the leaf in your left hand and stripping the leaf down with your right hand.
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