Recipe of Perfect Southern Collard Greens

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, southern collard greens. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Southern Collard Greens is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Southern Collard Greens is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Southern Collard Greens:

1. Prepare 2-3 bunches collard greens
2. Prepare 6 pieces bacon chopped
3. Make ready 4 cloves garlic diced
4. Take 1/2 a white or yellow onion chopped
5. Make ready 3 C chicken or vegetable stock
6. Get 3 C white vinegar
7. Take 1 tsp salt
8. Make ready 1 tbs black pepper
9. Get 1 top cajun seasoning (optional)
10. Prepare 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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