I have only had these once in my life and I loved them, I wanted to try this out and add some flavor to them. If you don't know about collards I hope you try this recipe, they are great for your health, loads with Vitamin D and great for digestive issues. I had these on Superbowl day, we went with a southern theme versus tailgating. I had my fried chicken and Lisa made her Mac and Cheese. I will post that tonight as well. Although Superbowl is bittersweet for us in Seattle I will still watch and take the opportunity to eat great food. OK I have some vegetarian followers... The smoked hock can be substituted... I smoked some onions and garlic while this was cooking... that can replace the flavor as well. I will write a recipe for that too.
1 large bunch of Collard greens
1 smoked ham hock (Substitutes: bacon or smoked onion and garlic)
1 tablespoon of salt
1 tablespoon of cracked black peeper
1 pinch of chili flake
1 tablespoon of hot sauce
3 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoons of butter
3 quarts of water the ham hock, salt, hot sauce, pepper, garlic, and chili flakes add all these in to a pot and bring to a boil for 1 hour. After an hour has passed, you need to add the collards. In order to do this you need to take the stalk off of them... you can do this by bending the leaves back and removing the green. After you have done that stack the leaves, roll them up, then cut them down the center, all while maintaining the roll, then slice the roll of collards. Add them to the pot then add the butter. Let these cook for an hour and 30 minutes. Bring them to a boil to get all the water out of them... if there is some remaining moisture just strain it out.. these were amazing tonight!!
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