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Southern-Style Homemade Collard Greens

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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • bunches of leaves of Collard Greens
  • lots of water to rinse and clean the greens
  • 2 tbsp bacon grease (vegetable oil is fine)
  • 1 onion
  • 3-5 cloves garlic
  • 2-3 pcs smoked pork neck bones (smoked ham hocks or turkey leg are great too)
  • 4 cups chicken stock
  • generous sprinkle of salt & black pepper
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tbsp vinegar (or less, depends on how you like it)
  • a little bit(or more) red pepper flakes

Method
 

  1. Wash the collard greens thoroughly with water as soon as you get it.
  2. Refer to the video on how to cut the stems out.
  3. These leaves need to soak in water again.
  4. Soak 'em in a clean sink or huge bowl filled with water for 10-15 minutes Then gently rub and rinse them off.
  5. Do the chiffonade method to slice/cut the leaves. Refer to the video on how-to.
  6. Heat up bacon grease(or oil) in a pot. Saute onions and garlic until transluscent.
  7. Season with salt & black pepper and red pepper flakes. Add the smoked meat: I used pork neck bones. Smoked Ham Hock or Turkey Leg would be great too.
  8. Add the Chicken Broth and Worcestershire sauce. Stir everything together. Cover the pot and let it boil.
  9. I ended up adding another piece of smoked pork neck bones. Stir in the collard greens. Cover the pot. Turn the heat to low. Simmer for 45minutes to an hour or longer if necessary. Check to stir occasionally.
  10. At the very last minutes of cooking, stir in vinegar & more salt if necessary. Then take out the meat. Debone and chop up the meat into small pieces. Discard the bones.
  11. Put the meat back into the pot. Stir and finish cooking.
  12. VOILA!