Saturday, July 25, 2020

Traditional Novel Year's Twenty-Four Hr Menstruum Collards {Pressure Cooker Method}

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 affect of tomato plant paste, a affect of balsamic vinegar, together with the describe per unit of measurement area cooker method are the undercover to these tender together with tasty New Year's Day Collards.


Every Southerner knows the traditional New Year's Day repast is collards, some shape of pork, together with black-eyed peas.  Why, you lot ask?  Because this, according to lore, brings you luck together with adept fortune for the upcoming year.

According to Southern Living, collards together with black-eyed peas "all but guarantee a prosperous year. Some tell the greens stand upwardly for dollar bills together with the peas, coins, ensuring wealth together with luck."  And, i argue pork is traditional for New Year's Day according to About.com is that "pigs choose also long symbolized progress. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 pig can't plough his caput to await dorsum without turning completely around, thus it's believed that pigs are e'er looking to the future. They tally inwards perfectly amongst other New Year's celebrations."

Now, I'm non certain if this is truthful or not, but I'd rather non tempt fate to notice out!

My hubby Mark took yell for to fix our New Year's Day repast this year, giving his describe per unit of measurement area cooker a whirl for the collards together with pork.  And man child oh boy, were those collards tasty together with tender!  I tin absolutely tell they were the best collards I've ever had.  And I'm non but maxim that because my cute hubby made them.

He loaded his describe per unit of measurement area cooker upwardly amongst collards ...


... together with and thus seat inwards some onions, garlic, ham hocks, together with other adept stuff.


He cooked it for close xx minutes or so, and delivered upwardly the most super tasty together with tender collards I've ever had. 



So, whether or non you lot ate your collards, pork, together with black-eyed peas on New Year's Day, Mark together with I wish you lot much luck together with prosperity inwards 2012!

Collard Greens {Pressure Cooker Method}
Source: Adapted from Yummly 
(Printable recipe)
Ingredients
1 bunch fresh collard greens
1 1/2 c. chicken broth
ii T. olive oil
ii T. tomato plant paste
iii cloves garlic, minced
ii T. balsamic vinegar
ii tsp. salt
ii large onions, quartered
ii ham hocks
1/4 lb. grunter jaw or fatback


Directions
1.  Clean your collards past times filling your sink amongst mutual frigidness H2O together with soaking them for 1/2 hour. Remove the thick business office of the stems at the bottom of the greens. Give the collards a crude oil chop to cutting them into large pieces.

2.  Place the chicken broth, olive oil, tomato plant paste, minced garlic, balsamic vinegar, together with tabular array salt inwards the bottom of the describe per unit of measurement area cooker; stir to combine. Add collards together with toss a combat to coat them amongst the chicken broth mixture.

3.  Place the onions, ham hocks, together with grunter jaw on rank of the collards.

4.  Seal the describe per unit of measurement area cooker pot. Pressure arrive at for xx minutes.

Enjoy!