Collards Southern Style Recipes

Steps:

• Brown 4 slices diced bacon in a pot; drain on paper towels. Add 1 cup diced onion to the pot and cook 3 minutes. Add 1 pound thawed frozen collard greens, 1 cup chicken broth and water to cover; simmer 20 minutes. Stir in the bacon, some butter, salt and pepper.

Steps:

• Combine onions, ham hocks, and garlic in a stockpot; add chicken broth. Cook mixture over medium heat until meat is falling off the bone, about 2 hours.
• Stir collard greens, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper into the broth mixture; cook until greens have reached desired tenderness, about 2 more hours.

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil and butter. Saute the onions until slightly softened, about 2 minutes, then add the red pepper flakes and garlic, cook another minute. Add collard greens and cook another minute. Add the vegetable stock, cover and bring to a simmer. Cook until greens are tender, about 40 minutes. Add tomatoes and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Steps:

• Cut off and discard the tough stems and discolored leaves from the greens. Cut across the leaves into 2-inch ribbons.
• In a large stock pot, over medium-high heat, add the canola oil and the diced salt pork, and cook until light golden brown and just crisp. Remove to a paper towel lined plate and let cool.
• Add the onion to the pot and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes, then add the red chili flakes, black pepper, and the collard greens.
• Stir every few minutes, or until greens have wilted down. Add the chicken stock and the water and cover. Cook for 30 to 45 minutes, then remove the lid, increase the heat to high, and add the vinegar and a teaspoon of hot sauce. Adjust the seasoning, if needed, then put it into a serving bowl. Sprinkle with the salt pork and serve with additional hot pepper sauce on the side.

Steps:

• Boil the smoked turkey wings in a large stock pot with 1 gallon of water for 20 minutes at medium heat. Add the collard greens to the pot and let them cook down for 10 to 15 minutes. Add the onions, green peppers, roasted red peppers, oil, salt, sugar, garlic powder, smoke flavoring, black pepper and cayenne pepper and stir. Cook over medium heat until the collards are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.

Steps:

• Place the bacon in cold 12-inch skillet. Heat the pan over medium heat and cook until the bacon is crispy and the fat is rendered. Once crispy, set aside on a paper-towel-lined plate. To the leftover bacon fat, add the red pepper and cook until softened, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Stack the leaves of collards and roll tightly into a cigar shape. Then chop away.
• Add the collards to the pan along with the apple cider vinegar, red pepper flakes and some salt and pepper and cook until tender, but still bright green, 4 to 5 minutes. Adjust the seasoning if necessary. Toss with the reserved crispy bacon and serve.

Steps:

• Put greens through several sinks of cold water to get rid of any grit.
• Pull the tender leaves away from the stems, discarding the stems.
• Cut the bacon into bite size pieces and fry in a large stock pot.
• Do not drain.
• Add the onion and cook til tender.
• Add the collard greens (the pot will seems overflowing, but they wilt) and stir until wilted (cover them every couple of minutes for a couple of minutes to help wilt them).
• Add salt and pepper to taste and the vinegar.
• Serve hot.

Steps:

• place all ingredients in a big pot and cover with water.
• simmer on low for at least one hour.
• Drain and serve.

Steps:

• Thaw collard greens if using frozen or rinse if using fresh.
• Combine all ingredients in a medium sized sauce pan. Cook over low heat for about 45 minutes.
• Discard ham hock.
• Serve with salt, pepper, and Tabasco sauce to taste.

Steps:

• Since Collard Greens are VERY SANDY you must cut of the ends and rinse 3-4 TIMES.
• Stack leaves on top of each other about 15 roll up then cut.
• Cut up salt pork into strips and fry in a pan -- Do not add any OIL or GREASE it will make it's own.
• If your using the smoked turkey, just add to the pot with 1/2 cup of water.
• Smash garlic with knife (do not chop up).
• Add water, red pepper, smashed garlic, onion & garlic powder and black pepper (add the SALT if your using the smoked turkey & add the smoked turkey) to large pot; bring to a boil.
• Add collard greens to pot (water level should be very low--DON'T ADD ANY MORE!).
• Bring back to a boil add salt pork and the grease it made into the pot.
• BE CAREFUL OIL WILL POP WHEN IT HITS THE WATER.
• Stir & cover and bring to very low heat.
• Cook greens for about 1 hour stirring occasionally, then add sugar/Splenda.
• Cook for another 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Now you have TRUE Southern Collard Greens.