Ham and Black-eyed pea soup with collard greens

By tonya370

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion
• 1 clove garlic or more
• 4 ouuce piece of cooked ham
• 2 Tbles olive oil
• 1/2 collard greens
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 3 cups water
• 16 ox. cooked black-eyed peas
• 1 tsp cider vinegar

Preparation

Step 1

Chop onion and garlic and cut ham into 1/4 inch dice. In a 3 quart saucepan, cook onion, garlic and ham in oil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is pale golden.

While onion mixture is cooking, discard stems and center ribs from collards and finely chop leaves. Add collards, both and water to onion mixture and simmer until collards are tender, about 20 minutes.

Rinse and drain black-eyed peas. In a bowl, mash half of peas with a fork. Stir mashed and whole peas into soup and simmer 5 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper and stir in vinegar.