Gina's Best Collard Greens

Recipe courtesy The Neelys

Show: Down Home with the NeelysEpisode: Southern Hospitality

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (58)

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Cook Time:
2 hr 0 min
Level:
Intermediate
Yield:
8 to 10 servings

Times:

Prep: 15 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 2 hr 0 min
Total:: 2 hr 15 min

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Ingredients

5 bundles collard greens
4 cups salted water
3 large smoked ham hocks
1 cup sugar
Salt
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

Directions

Thoroughly wash collard greens. Be sure to pull leaves apart and remove any sand. Chop collard greens.

In a medium saucepan, bring 4 cups of salted water to a simmer. Place smoked ham hocks in salted water and cover for about 90 minutes. Cook ham hocks until slightly tender. In the same saucepan, add remaining ingredients and collard greens.

Cover and cook greens for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.

*Cook's Note: Make sure at least half of ham hocks are covered with water. If not, add additional water.

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Michelle Rogers, AR 01-25-2010
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The worst Greens I've ever eaten
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I used this recipe thinking that the addition of sugar would make the greens more "kid friendly". I did reduce the sugar to... 1/2 a cup as other reviewers had suggested but it was still awful. Sugar and greens do not mix! I will go back to the traditional method of cooking greens.Read more
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Lori Brooklyn, NY 12-27-2009
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They loved it!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

i am so happy I used your recipe!! thank you, the only I changed was I used a 1/2 cup of sugar because I didn't used as many... greens.Read more
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shinedia thomasville, GA 11-24-2009
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green
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I gina green was very very good how she did him
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Jenifer Capitol Heights, MD 10-24-2009
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Wonderfully simple and easy
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

This recipe works except for the one whole cup of sugar, a bit much for my liking and taste but I reduced it to the amount... that I normally use and it was fine. I, too, grew up in the South on collard greens and my mother and grandmother always seasoned their greens with a "little" sugar so that wasn't new for me. Like others who have commented, I enjoy the Neely's cooking show not just because they're black but more because it's good to see a positive on camera image of the marriage relationship in a different venue. I do however, get annoyed with so much of the "affection antics", all of the "Mama" and "Sweetie" references (like every other word). Seems a little forced and not real to me, to the point of being distracting. It's like they feel like we need to know that cooking in the kitchen together is not the only thing they're good at. TMI !! I don't think it's so much like that off camera...but the recipes are great so I guess I'll keep tuning in.Read more
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Walker Mentone, CA 09-17-2009
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THE Best Greens I ever made
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made these Greens today they are soooo good. I did cut the sugar to 1/2 Cup and added lots more red pepper flakes, but now... I know the secret, Very slow cooking of the Ham Hocks before you put in the greens, Thank you Gina.Read more
recipe Gina's Best Collard Greens
H Charlotte, NC 07-10-2009
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I was really surprised as I love this show!
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I made this recipe to the letter including boiling the ham hocks etc. However it was so sweet. It was disgustingly sweet. ... I thought it was my taste buds so I had my hubby and daughter each taste it and they gagged at how sweet it was. I really wish I read the reviews before I cooked this and ruined a huge pot of collards greens and ham hocks. :(Read more