Collard Greens And Cabbage

Total Time: 4 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 medium ham hocks
• 1 onion, chopped
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• garlic powder, to taste
• 4 bunches collard greens, cleaned and cut
• 1 head cabbage, cleaned and cut up
• 2 -3 tablespoons bacon fat

Recipe

• 1 add the bacon fat to a large stock pot.
• 2 if you don't save your bacon fat, fry up a few slices of bacon in the pot you are going to cook your greens in; leave the bacon and fat.
• 3 add your ham hocks to the pot, cover with water, onion and spices.
• 4 boil for about an hour.
• 5 add cleaned and cut collards to the pot, cover and cook until tender (45 minutes to an hour, less if you like them less cooked).
• 6 add the cabbage at the very end and cook until wilted or to your desired taste.
• 7 remove bones and fat of the ham hocks.