Southern collard greens
Southern collard greens

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, southern collard greens. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Southern collard greens is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Southern collard greens is something which I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Traditionally, Southern collard greens are made with pork. In this recipe, chopped bacon is cooked until almost crisp and the drippings are used to saute chopped onions, which forms the foundation of. Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook southern collard greens using 8 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Southern collard greens:
  1. Make ready 5 strips hickory smoked bacon, cut in big cubes
  2. Take 2 lb bag of pre-washed collard greens
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup sugar
  4. Make ready Pinch red pepper flakes
  5. Get 2 tbsp white vinegar
  6. Prepare 3 tbsp salt… add more to your taste
  7. Make ready 3 tbsp black pepper
  8. Prepare Splash olive oil at the end

Southern Collard Greens, that delicious green vegetable served year round in most Southern households. It's the mainstay side dish of most every New Years Day meal. Rich deep greens and a tangy broth are what you find with Southern Soul Food Collard Greens and are what you'll find in this southern The secret to perfect southern collard greens. Southern collard greens, you should know, are one of those recipes that has unlimited variations.

Steps to make Southern collard greens:
  1. Sit greens in sink filled with cold water to rinse off any dirt.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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!
  5. Enjoy with sweet cornbread with a tad bit of hot sauce and vinegar

Each region, even each cook, has his or her own twist. This is how we had them at our company. Add the chopped collard greens and a sprinkle of sea salt, and stir well. Reduce the heat to low, and cover the greens. These southern collard greens are simmered in rich and flavorful chicken broth with smoked turkey wings.

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