Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, southern collard greens. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Southern collard greens is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Southern collard greens is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook southern collard greens using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Southern collard greens:
- Take 5 strips hickory smoked bacon, cut in big cubes
- Prepare 2 lb bag of pre-washed collard greens
- Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
- Prepare Pinch red pepper flakes
- Prepare 2 tbsp white vinegar
- Prepare 3 tbsp salt… add more to your taste
- Prepare 3 tbsp black pepper
- Make ready Splash olive oil at the end
They belong to the Brassica oleracea plant species like most green vegetables including cabbage (link to cabbage rolls), spinach and kale. They are available all year round with a peak season in the winter and early spring. Collard greens are a type of leafy green vegetable that are common in Southern cuisine. The plant has dark green leaves and tough stems, and is included in the same family as kale, turnip greens and mustard greens.
Instructions to make Southern collard greens:
- Sit greens in sink filled with cold water to rinse off any dirt.
- Cut each strip if bacon into 4 pieces. Cook in Dutch oven pot until crispy. Remove bacon and add greens. Fill pot with water until just covering the greens.
- Cover pot. After about 30 mins add salt, sugar, pepper and let boil, covered for an hour. Continue to stir about every 30 minutes until finished. Add pinch of red pepper at end. Add salt/ sugar and pepper to your liking.
- Add cooked bacon back into pot. Traditionally many used “fatback” instead of bacon for deeper flavor OR you may used smoked turkey wing or smoked turkey neck!
- Enjoy with sweet cornbread with a tad bit of hot sauce and vinegar
Southern collard greens may look difficult to make but rest assured this recipe will make you look like you've been making them your whole life. Collard greens are made with greens of course, smoked turkey, onions and garlic, vinegar, crushed red chili peppers, green peppers, jalapenos (optional) chicken base, salt pepper and a bit of sugar. southern collard greens with ham…mmm! I've updated the photos and tweaked the recipe just a smidge. When folks think of the South, I imagine they'd think of Southern food - things like okra, cornbread, grits, sweet tea and southern collards greens! Southern Collard Greens, a side dish served in Southern homes all year round.
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