Collards Southern Style

"Oh, I grew up watching my Nanny and Momma cooking collards..... Watching them I knew cooking was an art. Nothing is exact but almost perfect in the end........"
 
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Ready In:
5hrs 20mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
2-10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Boil water with salt and a meaty ham hock.
  • Use about 2 bunches of collards.
  • Cut the ends up to the leafy ends.
  • Wash with cold water (each leaf both sides) Take the stem and leaf and rip the stem off from the middle of the leaf.
  • Lay several together and roll, start cutting down the leaves.
  • Put several handful of the collards in water continue to add until all in pot.
  • Cover and let it simmer for several hours.
  • Check and add water when needed.
  • Also, season when needed during the cooking process.
  • Sometimes I will put chopped onions,turnips or a small bunch of mustard greens, turnip greens or spinach to add a differnt taste.
  • "Orto clean out my fridge.
  • "It's hard to mess up collards.
  • Oh and the taste is wonderful.
  • Foot Note: I forgot about the pecan. They say it takes the smell away.

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Reviews

  1. Love Collard Greens, this receipe is sooooooo easy:-)
     
  2. A five hour simmer cooked my garden fresh collards and a ham shank to perfection. I added crushed red pepper and a peeled onion, halved. It melted into the collards by the time they were served. Awesome, Redallnite.
     
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Hi, I live in Georgia. I love to cook so when I found this site I thought I was in recipe heaven!! I love to collect old cookbooks. I seem to work more than being at home. The meals I cook are quick and easy as well as different. On Sundays, I try to cook a sit down southern meal. Oh yeah, the only thing I "HATE" about cooking is cleaning up!! <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Participation.jpg"> <img src="http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg271/MrsTeny/Permanent%20Collection/PACSpring09Iwasadopted.jpg">
 
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