Southern Collard Greens
Stacey Little
Created Dec 9, 2013
Smoked ham hock and chicken broth add mouth-watering southern charm to authentic collard greens.
Southern Collard Greens
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 15 min
- Servings 6
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 2 cartons (32 oz each) Progresso™ chicken broth (8 cups total)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 smoked ham hock
- 2 packages (1 lb each) fresh collard greens, washed, trimmed
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar

Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1In 10-quart stockpot or Dutch oven, heat broth over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and ham hock. Heat to boiling.
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Step2Carefully add collards greens, one bag at a time. Once greens have wilted, stir in salt, pepper and vinegar.
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Step3Cover; cook 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours or until greens reach your desired tenderness.
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Step4Remove ham hock. Remove ham from bone; discard bone. Shred ham; return to stockpot and stir.
Nutrition
110
Calories
2 1/2g
Total Fat
8g
Protein
13g
Total Carbohydrate
3g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 110
- Calories from Fat
- 20
- Total Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 3%
- Saturated Fat
- 1/2g
- 3%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 5mg
- 2%
- Sodium
- 1520mg
- 63%
- Potassium
- 400mg
- 11%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 13g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 6g
- 26%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 8g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 150%
- 150%
- Vitamin C
- 45%
- 45%
- Calcium
- 35%
- 35%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 2 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 1/2 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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