Southern Collard Greens Recipe

2 pounds collard greens rinsed. 1 4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional. Use pork turkey or smoky ham to flavor the greens instead of the bacon.

Olivia Luz

Ingredients 12 hickory smoked bacon slices finely chopped. Traditionally southern collard greens are made with pork. If you choose to wash and trim your own greens be sure that you rinse them really well to get out any sand or sediment in the leaves. Crispy bacon sautéed onion ham and garlic perfect these southern style collard greens making them an essential part of your traditional southern feast. 1 tablespoon canola oil.

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. Combine onions ham hocks and garlic in a stockpot. 1 cup 1 4 inch diced salt pork. Cook mixture over medium heat until meat is falling off the bone about 2 hours. Buy pre washed and pre chopped collard greens for a shortcut.

Some folks like to shred the ham hock meat into the greens before serving up in bowls. Leafy collard greens take a long slow simmer in a ham hock bath with flakes of hot pepper tossed in for kicks. 1 cup diced onion. Give the greens even more smoky flavor by adding a dash of smoked paprika to the broth. Some folks like to shred the ham hock meat into the greens before serving up in bowls.

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Give the greens even more smoky flavor by adding a dash of smoked paprika to the broth. 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. Ingredients 12 hickory smoked bacon slices finely chopped.