Greens - Slow Cooked Mixed

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Serves 8 as side dish. 6 hrs low or 3 hrs high.

Ingredients

  • 1 smoked ham hock (or ham)
  • 4-6 slices thick smoked bacon or salt pork
  • 1 bunch each collard, turnip, kale or mustard greens with stems removed & torn into pieces strips
  • 1 t salt
  • 1/2 t black pepper
  • 1 t TSTE Vic's garlic fix blend (or more to taste) or 1/2 diced onion
  • 1 t TSTE onion obsession (or more to taste) or 1-2 minced garlic cloves
  • 1 T red hot sauce
  • 1 T butter
  • 1 box + 1 can chicken broth (Tuscany by Progresso if possible)

Preparation

Step 1

Rinse greens thoroughly. Remove thick stems & tear or chop leaves into strips. Cook bacon or salt pork in skillet until fat renders & bacon becomes translucent. Place bacon & drippings in bottom of crock pot.

Add greens, ham, hock, salt, pepper, garlic blend, onion blend, hot sauce, chicken broth & butter into crock pot. Cover & cook on low for 6 hrs or high for 3 hrs. (Remove ham hock, discard skin & shred meat returning meat to crock pot while still cooking.). Serve greens with favorite vinegar if desired.