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Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Traditionally, Southern collard greens are made with pork. 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.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook southern collard greens using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Collard Greens:

1. Get 2-3 bunches collard greens
2. Prepare 6 pieces bacon chopped
3. Take 4 cloves garlic diced
4. Get 1/2 a white or yellow onion chopped
5. Get 3 C chicken or vegetable stock
6. Get 3 C white vinegar
7. Make ready 1 tsp salt
8. Take 1 tbs black pepper
9. Get 1 top cajun seasoning (optional)
10. Get 1 shallot chopped (optional)

My grandparents and parents farmed greens for years and this is what they taught me. Southern Collard Greens, a side dish served in Southern homes all year round. It's a traditional favorite for New Years Day as the greens are supposed to bring wealth for the New Year. Add the collard greens (the pot will seems overflowing, but they wilt) and stir until wilted (cover them every couple of minutes for a couple of minutes to help wilt them).

Instructions to make Southern Collard Greens:

1. Thoroughly wash the greens and devein each leaf (cut out the big middle vein). Then cross-cut the leaf into 1-2 strips.
2. In a Dutch oven or deep boiling pot, fry up bacon till crisp. Add garlic, onion, and shallot during the last 5 minutes.
3. Add chicken/vegetable stock, white vinegar, seasonings, and prepped collard greens. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
4. Simmer collard greens for 40-45 minutes. You'll know when they're done when they are easy to eat but still chewy.
5. Recommendations & Notes: Highly recommend serving with Tabasco or other fermented hot sauce of choice. Add other vegetables, we've done smoked corn, okra, and diced potatoes. This is also a crowd pleaser the day after cold.

It's a traditional favorite for New Years Day as the greens are supposed to bring wealth for the New Year. Add the collard greens (the pot will seems overflowing, but they wilt) and stir until wilted (cover them every couple of minutes for a couple of minutes to help wilt them). Add salt and pepper to taste and the vinegar. Remove the stems that run down the center by holding the leaf in your left hand and stripping the leaf down with your right hand. The tender young leaves in the heart of the collards don't need to be stripped.

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