Collard Greens

By Lsweetnell

While you can make this recipe with chard, kale, turnip or mustard greens, they cook much more quickly than collards, so cut the cooking time to 30 minutes.
Prep time: 10 minutesCook time: 2 hoursYield: Serves 4-6 as a side dish

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp bacon fat, lard or vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, sliced from root to tip
• 1 ham hock
• 2 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1 quart chicken broth
• 1-2 cups water
• 8-10 cups chopped collard greens, about 2 pounds
• Vinegar and hot sauce to taste

Details

Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

METHOD
1 Heat the bacon fat in a large pot set over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion in the bacon fat, stirring often, until the edges begin to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the ham hock, smashed garlic, chicken stock and water and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook for 1 hour.
2 Add the collard greens to the pot and cook until tender, another 45 minutes to an hour.
3 To serve, fish out the ham hock, pull the meat off the bones and chop. Mix the meat back with the greens and serve with vinegar and hot sauce at the table.