Gina's Best Collard Greens

Ingredients

• 5  bundles collard greens 
• 1 teaspoon pepper flakes red crushed
• 10 servings salt 
• 3 large ham hocks smoked
• 1 cup sugar 
• 4 cups water salted

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

1. Thoroughly wash collard greens. Be sure to pull leaves apart and remove any sand. Chop collard greens.
2. In a medium saucepan, bring 4 cups of salted water to a simmer.
3. Place smoked ham hocks in salted water and cover for about 90 minutes. Cook ham hocks until slightly tender. In the same saucepan, add remaining ingredients and collard greens.
4. Cover and cook greens for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.