Cookin' Collard Greens - A Southern Recipe
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Collard Greens for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful and I sure am thankful for Collard Greens! Join me as I share one of my favorite down home southern cooked recipes for Collards. So delicious they will melt in your mouth and have your family saying, "Pass the collard greens please!"
Surprisingly, many folks have never eaten collards or even heard of them for that matter. If you are one of those people, I challenge you to give them a try, not only do they taste delicious but they are good for you too!
Grab your big pot, we're cookin' a mess o' collard greens today!
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Let's start with the recipe...
Collard Greens Recipe
Ingredients:
3 large bunches of collard greens
2 ham hocks
1/2 cup of vinegar
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp salt
Directions:
1. Fill large cooking pot half full with water
2. Place ham hocks in pot and bring to a boil, simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours
3. Thoroughly rinse collard greens, remove and discard large stems, tear collard leaves into 1 inch strips
4. Add collards, vinegar, salt and sugar to pot with ham hocks
5. Simmer collards over low to medium heat (approx. 1 hour)
6. Drain reserving some juice
Serves 6 to 8
Enjoy!
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One cup of cooked collard greens contains 49 calories
(that would be without the ham!)
- Collard Greens Nutrition Facts
- Nutrition facts and Information for Collards, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt
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Collards taste better when picked and cooked after a hard frost
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OhMe Nov 19, 2009 @ 3:07 pm | delete
- I will take some Mountain Ketchup Relish with my Collards, thank you very much! Yummy. Delicious Southern Lens that I am lensrolling to my lens about the book Reflections of A Mississippi Magnolia. Also here is a Squid Angel Blessing for you.
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KarateKatGraphics
Nov 6, 2009 @ 10:06 am | delete
- This was a bone of contention ;) when the hubby and I were dating. I loved collards; he didn't. Great lens!
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theraggededge
Nov 4, 2009 @ 4:25 pm | delete
- We have kale and spinach in the UK but I'm not sure if we have collards by another name. They look a little like the leaves we call 'spring greens'. Looks delicious anyhow!
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oztoo
Nov 4, 2009 @ 3:51 pm | delete
- I've heard of them but had no idea what they actually were. I like most veggies so I'd probably like them but I've never seen them in Oz.
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sandyspider
Nov 4, 2009 @ 2:35 pm | delete
- Never tired collard greens. Maybe it is time.
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- By TARA PARKER-POPE | May 25, 2012, 10:50 am Comment When most people hear of collard greens, they think of the soul-food version prepared by generations of Southern cooks ? stewed greens flavored with ham hock or bacon. But as Martha Rose Shulman ...
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- Get your green on: Collard greens are one of those tasty, hearty Southern sides that never go unnoticed at the table. Coming from the same healthy family as cabbage and broccoli, collards are a healthy source of vitamin C and soluble fiber.
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