Instant Pot Southern-Style Collard Greens

Name: Instant Pot Southern-Style Collard Greens
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 2 pounds, collard greens; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 , onion, chopped; 2 teaspoons, table salt, divided; 3½ cups, water; 2 (12-ounce), smoked ham hocks; 3 , garlic cloves, smashed and peeled; 2 teaspoons, sugar; ⅛ teaspoon, red pepper flakes; , Hot sauce

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2023

Side Dishes

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The pressure of an Instant Pot makes silky collards and porky pot liquor in an hour.

SERVES6 to 8

TIME1 hour

Instant Pot Southern-Style Collard Greens

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Typically Southern-style collard greens are simmered with a salty pork product—like ham hock or bacon—for hours on the stovetop. Using the Instant Pot can get similar results in under an hour. For this version, we opted to use two smoked ha...

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