Collard Greens

Ingredients

• 2 bushels collard greens
• 1/2 a yellow or white onion
• 2 jalapenos
• 3-4 slices bacon (depending on thickness)
• 4 cloves garlic
• salt
• pepper
• smoked paprika
• crushed red pepper (optional)
• 2 cups chicken stock

Equipment

• Pasta pot (just any large pot will do)
• Cutting board
• Knife

Instructions

1. Remove this stems/stalks from the greens and cut the leaves into 2-3 inch chunks.
2. Dice the following - bacon, onion, garlic, jalapeno.
3. In the bottom of the pan, sear bacon.
4. When bacon is about 1/2 cooked, stir in the garlic and onion. Add salt, pepper and paprika to taste (i recommend a good amount of paprika).
5. Once bacon is well browned, add jalepeno.
6. Let that cook for 1-2 minutes. Add a splash of stock to deglaze the pan.
7. Add greens, pour chicken stock over. (this SHOULD NOT cover all the greens, they cook down)
8. Stir and keep coating/dipping the greens into the stock.
9. Once the greens start to cook down and get a little smaller, reduce heat to a simmer.
10. Let cook for 45 minutes covered, stirring ocassionally