Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, southern style kale greens. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Southern Style Kale Greens is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Southern Style Kale Greens is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
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To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have southern style kale greens using 5 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Southern Style Kale Greens:
- Take 1 bag kale
- Get 2 smoked pork hocks
- Get 2 1/2 cups water
- Prepare Handful real bacon bits
- Get Seasonings (garlic powder, salt)
Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Southern collard greens, you should know, are one of those recipes that has unlimited variations. While you can make this recipe with chard, kale, turnip or mustard greens, they cook much more I love collard greens cooked Southern style, but I've also had a Brazilian version while in Rio a few. Crispy bacon, sautéed onion, ham, and garlic perfect these Southern-Style Collard Greens, making them an essential part of your traditional Southern feast.
Instructions to make Southern Style Kale Greens:
- Add one ham hock then add bag of kale and top with another ham hock with some garlic pepper and lightly salt (pork is salty)..pour 2 and a half cups of water and bring to a simmer over high heat (will be a few minutes )
- Once hear sizzling stir and reduce heat cover on a low setting for 2 hours stirring occasionally .. (If liquid dries up add little more not big deal just needs moisture and to be covered to cook evenly)
- Once kale has darkened green in color (I even like to let cook until hocks start to tenderize )…It will be approximately atleast 2 hrs if cooked on a very low simmer … Once looks like this you are done!( They will resemble collards)
- Can be cooked and left for few hrs if put on lowest heat setting and covered or all day in crockpot
- Great as side or all by itself!!!!
This recipe yields the best tasting greens I have ever eaten! I have yet to have a batch of bitter greens when cooked this way. This recipe has the potential to Blanching the greens before adding to the slow cooker helps remove the natural bitterness. I usually make it with kale and beet greens but other. Collard greens, a Southern staple, are related to cabbage and kale and are used in many international cuisines, including Portuguese, West African, and Southern collard greens are typically cooked with some smoked pork.
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