How to Prepare Homemade Slow Cooked Collard Greens

Slow Cooked Collard Greens
Slow Cooked Collard Greens

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, slow cooked collard greens. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Collard Greens is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Slow Cooked Collard Greens is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooked collard greens using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Collard Greens:
  1. Prepare 2 bags (or bunches) of cleaned and chopped Collards or Turnip or Mustard Greens (or any combination of greens listed above)
  2. Prepare 3 tablespoons olive oil
  3. Take 1 onion, sliced
  4. Prepare 2 garlic cloves, smashed
  5. Get 2 bay leaves
  6. Take 10 oz bacon, chopped
  7. Get 2 quarts chicken broth, warm
  8. Get 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
  9. Take 1 teaspoon sugar
  10. Prepare Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Steps to make Slow Cooked Collard Greens:
  1. 2 BAGS OF CLEANED AND CHOPPED GREENS. (prefer Glory brand)
  2. Heat pot over medium heat and add bacon. Render fat from bacon at medium heat until bacon is crisp. Remove crisp bacon pieces onto a paper towel and set aside. Keep the bacon fat in the pot.
  3. Add the onion, garlic. Cook until the onions are soft and starting to brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
  4. Add the broth (scraping any brown bits from bottom of pot), vinegar, and sugar. Pack in the greens, pushing them down into the pot.
  5. Add Bay leaves.
  6. Bring up to a boil turning the greens over occasionally with a wooden spoon as they wilt. Lower to a simmer, cover the pot, and let cook for 45 minutes.
  7. Taste the "pot likkor" (broth) and check the seasoning, add salt and pepper.
  8. Cover and let cook for 15 more minutes or until tender.
  9. Remove the bay leaves and serve.

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