Day 1 Crock Pot Collard Greens Recipes

Steps:

• Fill a large pot about 1/2 full with water. Place the ham shanks into the water, and as many of the greens as you can fit. Bring to a gentle boil.
• As soon as the greens begin wilting, start transferring the greens to the slow cooker. Alternate layers of greens with the ham shanks and jalapeno until the slow cooker is full. Stir in the baking soda, olive oil, pepper and garlic powder. Cover, and bring to a boil on High. Reduce heat to Low, and cook for 8 to 10 hours.

Steps:

• 1. Stem and chop collard greens. Stem and chop anaheim chile. Chop onion. Heat 1tsp olive oil in skillet; saute chile 30 sec ;saute onions 2 min ; saute garlic 30 sec.
• 2. Spray inside of crock-pot with cooking spray. Place chopped greens into crock-pot. Add ham hock. Add onion mixture, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cover with a mixture of 50%/50% water/chicken broth to 1 inch above greens.
• 3. Cook on LOW 6 hours. Remove and discard ham hock.

Steps:

• Wash greens and cut out thick stems. Stack greens in a pile, then roll up like a cigar, and then slice. Place sliced greens into crockpot with remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours or until greens are tender.

Steps:

• Wash collard greens and remove stems. Place in crock pot on low.
• In a skillet, cook bacon pieces until crispy.
• Add onion, garlic, salt and pepper and cook until onions are translucent.
• Add the brown sugar and cook for about 1 minute more.
• Add the bacon / onion mixture to the crock pot.
• Pour in the beef stock.
• Add the ham hock.
• Cook on low for 4 hours.
• After 4 hours, remove the ham hock and shred the meat off the bone, adding it back to the crock pot.
• Keep cooking on low for another 3-4 hours and serve.
• This will not be bitter, so no vinegar or extra sugar is needed. If you aren't on a rotation diet and you can use other seasonings, I'd suggest using a teaspoon of Tony Cachere's in place of the salt.