Southern-Style Collard Greens

Name: Southern-Style Collard Greens
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 pounds, collard greens; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 , onion, chopped; 6 cups, water; 2 (12-ounce), smoked ham hocks; 3 , garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 2 1/4 teaspoons, table salt; 2 teaspoons, sugar; 1/8 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; , Hot sauce

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2020

Side Dishes

Southern

Vegetables

Celebrate the New Year in style with collard greens and plenty of (pot) liquor.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2½ hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This emblematic Southern recipe is made by braising collard greens with a salty smoked pork product. Over a long cooking time, the pork and greens intermingle and turn the cooking water into a supersavory pot liquor (or “pot likker”) that s...

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