How To Make Old Fashioned Collard Green Like Grandma 

I use the water for chicken broth! Adds great flavor!

Praise almighty God for collard greens and mustard greens cornbread Black eyed peas and Kool-Aid. And last but not least. The beautiful sister who showed us how her grandmother prepared for collard. Thank you very much. And also your grandmother as well. And God bless forever

Thank you!! I always pick my greens. I grew up with salt pork or ham hocks but later I learned to use bacon ends, chicken broth, a pinch of baking soda (makes the greens so tender!)

My first introduction to real " Soul " food was while serving in the Military and stationed in Gulf Port Mississippi. On my off duty time I would often go into town to basically relax. During my time in Mississippi I made friends with a Black Family who's Father was a Barber on our base. I was invited to have dinner with them and I've never tasted better 👍❤ I'm 77 and obviously retired these days but I'll never forget the kindness and generosity that family showed to me.

I'm Puerto Rican and I'm hungry 😋 for some soul food. Thank you so much 😘❤

Fried COLLARD are the best when you know what you're doing.

Don’t the ham hocks need to be tender falling off the bone almost before u add the greens cause the greens will be done and the ham hock won’t be done? Just asking. I cook my ham hocks tender before adding greens.

And your greens look: Absolutely Delicious.

Looks so good. I always wanted to try to cook them but never new how to, thanks for the great video on how to cook them.

I love greens but cant do hammocks.Can I use smoked turkey ? I like how you cut your greens . thank you...much appreciated. Your very patient in explaining everything. 👍

I cook my ham hocks first because I like them nice and tender. Then I add my greens!!!!!

Kick it up a notch and replace the hammocks with country ham!! Cut the country ham into silver dollar size pieces and fry it in some bacon grease. Then put that in the greens. Deglaze bottom of skillet where you fried country hams with a little water then pour that flavor into the greens too.

I like to remove the stems from my greens as you do. I think it makes the greens taste better.

Thank you so much for this. Grandma knew what she was doing!!!

Cooking greens have not been my best!!! Your video is very helpful with great instructions!!! 😋

Oh my goodness those collard greens look so delicious now all I need is a piece of butter cornbread tomato and some onion oh and I forgot my fingers 😂😂😂😂😂

That’s. How we. In Croatia ❤❤❤❤ the beautiful smell from cooking that’s the best of this

Let me Hurry Up and plant me some collard greens ❤

You just earned a subscribe from me because of your good nature…the true you, by giving the name of another utube without cut-throat competition…i love your recipes and appreciate the tip of another person who cooks like your grandmother!!!

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Amazing 😍 Absolutely looks delicious 😋 Thanks for sharing dear

Great video sis! I’m just seeing this video..and thanks for the shout out..your subscribers will forever appreciate you sharing your dear grandmother old landmark style of cooking that will stand the test of time 🥰 Merry Christmas and I’m so looking forward to the new years for what God got to offer for all of our friends and family in 2024 if it’s his will😇🙏🏾 love you my sweet dear sister in Christ ❤️🥰🙏🏾😇🎄🎄

Mama Ray Ray, those greens look absolutely delicious 😋 Thank you so much for this video. Never knew how to cut the greens or cook them this way, they are really fresh and crispy. Right on time for the upcoming holiday season. Blessings to you and Rayland ❤️🙏🏽

Hello dear mama Nice sharing 👍 Always full support for you Love from India 🇮🇳

Don’t eat pork or red meat so I’ll use smoked turkey wings. Mmmmm!!!! 😋

Everyone cook their greens differently

I made these collard green yesterday(06/24/2024)I went directly by your instructions, as I put them a pan with bacon grease and watching the cook down the light came on, my Mom used to par boil in water with baking soda to tenderize them I had forgotten all about that, but I like your way of frying them down , was very good. Thank you.

Definitely on the menu agenda. Excellent step by step explanation/demonstration. Thank you👍👌

Hello Mama RayRay those greens look soooo delicious Have a blessed day!!

Collards are my favorite. My mom use to fry them and they were so GOOD. I also noticed they would have a sweet taste after the 1st frost would fall on them. (My mom grew a big garden) Thank you for sharing 🙏🏿

I'm so excited about Fried Greens. Can you believe I've never had collards fried? I do know how to wash my greens. We don't eat ham hocks. I would fry this in butter. Hope you had a good weekend.

I’m so happy I found your video!! I just made these today for the first time ever and they came out heavenly. My husband and I loved them! Thank you for posting! 😊

Them greens look so good 😊 I love green with corn bread or with tomato’s and onions

I must try that cuz I love greens it looks so delicious😅

Love collard greens 🥬. Gonna have to try this recipe.

I thoroughly wash my hammocks and pressure cook them about 50 minutes (saves time), and add them with its liquid to my seasoned greens. Some greens take longer to tenderize than others so cooking time varies.

Great video I use broth rather than water. Have you noticed the price of greens have gone through the roof

My Momma and Grandma made Collards with ham hocks too and so do I. I've never fried them though and don't think Momma did either. I do love fresh cooked collards.

Beautiful collards Mama Ray Ray. I had some on Sunday also and they were tender and flavorful. Love me some collards.🙏🏿💞

You can also use smoked turkey parts and smoked neckbones. Everyone has their own preference.

You don't need a lot of water to cook the greens. I use a forth of a boiler and allow the water inside the greens to finish with the moisture needed to cook the greens quicker.

Sister, you need a bigger knife. Thanks 🙏🏽 for sharing! Looks good 😊

Looks fantastic nicely done ma'am ✔️ 👍🏽

Looks soooo good! I'm going to try them your way! 😊

Looks delicious and fantastic Love collard greens and kale and mustard ❤😊 thanks for sharing

Tonight I cooked my greens using the oil in the pot method and I absolutely love the way my greens came out. Thanks for posting

Thank you for sharing. This is the first time Ive seen greens being fried before going in the liquor. I will try this today for Thanksgiving tomorrow. Enjoy your holiday.

Looks delicious

Really unique recipe looks so tempting tasty We’ll try this ❤

Good afternoon Mama Ray Ray on this marvelous Monday. I smell those Collards and ham hock. Look at them boiling. Yes What you cooking with them fried chicken, cornbread and yams? Delicious

We love collards and cook them at least once a month. I’m going to give your recipe a try, we don’t use ham hocks but I’ll use your exact recipe. Those greens look delicious. Thank you

I love this, please show more often with these steps

My Lord these greens look delicious!, I grew up with a garden and my grandma always made homemade greens. I love your recipe I'm a new sub and I love your

Thanks for showing us the right way to cook Collard greens. 😊

Any southern cook worth their salt knows how to cook greens. Greens beans cornbread green onion and tomato great meal

OMF!!; Them greens. Yum yum yum. Have a blessed day hon...

Hello, Dear, This is exactly what I was looking for--Old fashioned - simply delicious collard greens. Nothing fancy. If it ain't broke, don't fix it! Okay! Thank you! happy Thanksgiving!

My 90 y/o aunt taught me to soak my collards in soda bicarbonate for 1 hour rinse then cut and cook. This removes some of the bitterness.

They look so delish! Can't wait to try your method. I have made them many times but always looking for a different way. I'd like to see your method of washing. Hopefully you have an easier way than mine. It's back breaking. My mom put salt in the water when washing. She said the bugs, ( if any) would slide off along with any sand. How do you do it? Thanks!

Those greens awesome!!😋 Making me hungry!!

I put noodles in it to. With the bacon and little grease. I enjoyed your recipe. Thank you.

I like the precook in oil technique! I'm about to do it with my greens for later today. Happy New Year!😊

6/6/2024. I do like a little garlic seasoning in my greens…

Looks so good. Gunna go see if there is a cleaning video. Needed a refresher since its been years i cooked them. We grow some yummy greens here in AK ❤

I use Chicken broth instead of water,I fry 4 slices of bacon crispy,pour in my Hamhocks pot with greens,onions, bellpeppers, Lawrys season salt garlic, & okra cut up, cook until done.

I want to know how to wash ham hops I want to see the whole video thanks I love your video

It's funny that you use vinegar. My grandparents and my mother put vinegar straight on the greens or something called chow chow. Yummy

Hey queen 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾 amazing recipe👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 this recipe reminds me of my late grandma when she cooked greens for Sunday dinners 😁😢😢😢 I do miss her so much everyday 💯💯💯 mmmm😋😋😋

Those greens looked absolutely delicious and the pot liquor - oh yeah, a BIG BOWL please!! ❤❤😊😊

Looks good 👍 👌 but I like to cook my greens with my meat, looks good and delicious 😋 😍 👌 😀

Thank you for sharing, I love collard's.

Oh My Goodness Momma Ray Ray, those greens look absolutely amazing and I can't wait to try these. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and skills. I will be trying this very soon. Thank you again and have a blessed day sweetie from Denver/Aurora Colorado. ❤❤

That looks good and easy thanks Mama Ray Ray for another cooking idea

The best recipe I want some right now! 😂

People commenting on cooking hocks - you said boil them ten minutes and drain water - and refill with everything but greens boil at least 1 1/2 hours (so how are they not tender - pay attention - good video 😎

This is some genuine Americana. I'd like to try it sometime. Thank you for the video!

OH!! I want some of those greens. What really makes them good, is the hands that touch them.

I SURE LOVE❤THOSE GREAT COLLARD GREENS

How do you cook fried chicken to be really crispy???? Also how do you prepare your blackeye peas? Thank you Much blessings

I am going to try to cook that the way you did. Next payday.

I use ribs and cook them until they fall off the bone and then add my greens with salt bada season and jalapeños. And just a pinch of baking soda to take out any bitter taste.

Probably be very interesting to see a washing video. Thank you!

My mother cooked good greens yours look so good

Looks delicious. Could you please use a vegetable stock in place of the water?

After taking the vein out, cut the leave in half, put the two halves together, roll them up tight like a cigar. Then with a sharp knife cut them 1/8 inch thick. Cook the ham hocks until tender, set aside and let them cool until the grease forms on top of them, remove the grease, then use the ham hock broth to cook the collards in. He also used smoke turkey to.A black foreman that I had showed me how to cook collards. I never liked collards until I ate the ones he cooked.

dang girl you can cook some greens! I been away from the south for too long. I watched this after just eating my dinner and my mouth is watering!!

Happy Sunday young lady, and thank you so much for taking the time to share this with us. I have always wanted to try this and you sold me on it. So thank you and have a blessed weekend. Dale

Muy delicioso te prometo que hare tu receta esta navidad 🎄

Greens are always yummy and that's the really good I need to be at your house

Thanks for the Knowledge

I've never actually had collard greens before but these look super delicious Mama Ray, I definitely need to try them at some point

Uhh, this girl ‘bout a cooking’ mu’sumpin right here! Hooo-rahhh! Well done sis!

I know Mae Mae’s channel. She reminds me of a great aunt.

Now I'm learning to make Turnip Green Soup with Northern beans and smoked sausage. Next will be "Collared Green Gumbo". These recipes are on the internet🥬🫘🍤

we eat the stems with the greens.we puy the greens in a pressure cooker along with neck bones and some olive oil and a little suger and 30 minutes later they are ready to eat

The only thing better than collard greens is a big mess of field cress with a cake of corn bread with no sugar in it!! And a tall glass of fresh milk Then you be eating

I do my green's the same way. Sometimes if I'm out of bacon grease I'll fry some and I leave the bacon in there and sometimes instead of Ham hock's I'll use salt pork. I also use wine vinegar instead of regular. I always use a tad of sugar we pretty much cook them the same except I don't leave as much water in mine I steam them. Usually by the time my ham hocks are nice and tender there's not a lot of water in them. You say a little pepper LoL girl you be pouring it in there I was laughing at that 😂. They look 😋. I'll tell you what I love is collards wrapped in cornmeal and fried they're kinda like an egg roll I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

How did you wash the ham hocks?

Those look amazing! I’m off to the store! Thank you

I sautéed my onions in a little extra virgin olive oil then I add smoked Turkey wings and for the liquid I add unsalted chicken stock or broth either one works Cook the wings until the meat is falling off the bone Remove the meat then add greens cook till greens are tender add a little crushed red pepper flakes with red sweet pepper Cook for 20 more minutes DONE