Day 1 Crock Pot Collard Greens

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 5 slices bacon, cut up
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons pepper
• 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
• 2 bunches collard greens, stems removed
• 1 1/2 cups beef stock
• 1 ham hock

Recipe

• 1 wash collard greens and remove stems. place in crock pot on low.
• 2 in a skillet, cook bacon pieces until crispy.
• 3 add onion, garlic, salt and pepper and cook until onions are translucent.
• 4 add the brown sugar and cook for about 1 minute more.
• 5 add the bacon / onion mixture to the crock pot.
• 6 pour in the beef stock.
• 7 add the ham hock.
• 8 cook on low for 4 hours.
• 9 after 4 hours, remove the ham hock and shred the meat off the bone, adding it back to the crock pot.
• 10 keep cooking on low for another 3-4 hours and serve.
• 11 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.