Potlikker Soup

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 cups refrigerated prechopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped carrot
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (1-pound) ham hock
• 4 (1-pound) packages fresh collard greens, cleaned, trimmed, and chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon table salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• 1 (32-oz.) container chicken broth

1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add onion and carrot, and saute 4 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute. Place vegetables, 4 cups water, ham hock, and remaining ingredients in a 5- to 6-qt. slow cooker. Cover and cook on High 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook 5 hours or until ham falls off the bone. Remove ham hock from slow cooker. Remove ham from bone, discarding bone. Chop ham, and stir into soup.

olive oil, onion, carrot, garlic, ham hock, collard greens, salt, freshly ground black pepper, red pepper, chicken broth

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/potlikker-soup (may not work)