Collard greens are such a regular part of traditional Southern diet that most cooks in the South can’t tell you what their recipe is. They just do it by memory. But people new to cooking collard greens might need a recipe for it. But there’s a first time for everyone, right? And let’s face it. Collard greens done bad are really bad.
Well, here you go. Collard greens done in Southern style (with a fairly foolproof recipe).
Ingredients
- ▢ — 5 lbs collard greens
- ▢ — ½ lb bacon
- ▢ — &frac; onion
- ▢ — 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- ▢ — salt and pepper
Instructions
- ▢ — Soak greens in cold water several times to get rid of any grit.
- ▢ — Pull the tender leaves away from the stems and throw away the stems.
- ▢ — Cut bacon into bite size pieces and fry in a large stock pot. Do not drain.
- ▢ — Add onion and cook until tender.
- ▢ — Add your collard greens (the pot will seem like it's overflowing, but the collards wilt).
- ▢ — Stir until collard have wilted (covering them every couple of minutes for a few minutes will help wilt them).
- ▢ — Add salt and pepper to taste and the vinegar.
- ▢ — Serve hot.
Yvunkaberry
May 30, 2016 3:33 pmI want this recipe.