Collard Greens
Based on the basic recipe from Southern Living, this is pretty tasty, and as a bonus, you get a good cup of pot-likker to give a boost (and some added vitamins) to some other recipe down the road. Switching Spam for ham will require tweaking the spices, but is not a horrible substitution.
Serves: 4 Active time: 15 minutes Total time: 2 hours, 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 2 slices bacon, chopped, or 1 Tbsp bacon grease
- 2 Tbsp diced onion
- 2 (3 if using bacon grease, rather than bacon slices) slices ham, chopped
- ½-1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 Tbsp apple cider or red wine vinegar
- ½ tsp sugar
- ⅛ tsp chile powder (I prefer Chimayó)
- ⅛ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp black pepper
- ½ lb collard greens
Directions
- Sauté the bacon and onion until the onion has gone translucent.
- Add the garlic and ham, and get everything mixed together.
- Add all the other ingredients and bring to a simmer.
- Simmer for 2 hours, or a little more, stirring occasionally.
- Fish the greens out with tongs and serve, and save the pot-likker for something else. It’s tasty and full of nutrients.
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