Southern Collard Greens
Southern Collard Greens

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook southern collard greens using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Southern Collard Greens:
  1. Make ready 2-3 bunches collard greens
  2. Prepare 6 pieces bacon chopped
  3. Prepare 4 cloves garlic diced
  4. Get 1/2 a white or yellow onion chopped
  5. Prepare 3 C chicken or vegetable stock
  6. Get 3 C white vinegar
  7. Take 1 tsp salt
  8. Get 1 tbs black pepper
  9. Take 1 top cajun seasoning (optional)
  10. Get 1 shallot chopped (optional)
Instructions to make Southern Collard Greens:
  1. Thoroughly wash the greens and devein each leaf (cut out the big middle vein). Then cross-cut the leaf into 1-2 strips.
  2. In a Dutch oven or deep boiling pot, fry up bacon till crisp. Add garlic, onion, and shallot during the last 5 minutes.
  3. Add chicken/vegetable stock, white vinegar, seasonings, and prepped collard greens. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
  4. Simmer collard greens for 40-45 minutes. You'll know when they're done when they are easy to eat but still chewy.
  5. Recommendations & Notes: Highly recommend serving with Tabasco or other fermented hot sauce of choice. Add other vegetables, we've done smoked corn, okra, and diced potatoes. This is also a crowd pleaser the day after cold.

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