Collard Greens In Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 6 hrs 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 slices bacon
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (15 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 lbs collard greens, rinsed,tough ribs and stems removed,torn into thin strips
• hot pepper sauce (i use tabasco) (optional)
• red wine vinegar (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon until crisp; drain and crumble.
• 2 in 1 tbsp of bacon drippings, cook onion until tender.
• 3 add garlic, salt, pepper, and diced tomatoes, stirring to mix.
• 4 place greens and tomato mixture in crockpot and mix well.
• 5 cover and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours or until greens are tender.
• 6 serve greens with tabasco or vinegar, if desired.