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southern greens

mahend65 avatar
Recipe by
mary hendricks
@mahend65
conyers, GA

Old school southern. Slow cooked full of flavor. Use type of green you like. Important thing as i was schooled by old country folk "DONT MESS WITH THE POT LIQUOR !" Pot liquor the end result with the liquid its cook in. DONT add water after starting the cooking process or you end up with bland greens ick! Its best to put a little extra water in at the start then to add later. Some mommas thats a slap offence lol. better the next day. And the pot liquor. dip some corn bread in there. Some folk drink it and swear its a tonic. You can also use ham hock instead of bacon just brown with onio

yield 10 serving(s)
prep time 15 Min
cook time 2 Hr
method Stove Top

Ingredients For southern greens

  • 1-2 bunch
    collard. turnip. mustard . dandalion .kale. any of or any combo of.
  • 4-6 slice
    bacon
  • 1 sm
    chopped onion
  • 4 clove
    garlic
  • 2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp
    rosemary, dried
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • water to cover
  • 1/4 - 1/2 tsp
    red pepper flakes
  • 1
    ham hocks(optional)
  • 1 Tbsp
    tony chachere or other cajun seasoning

How To Make southern greens

  • 1
    Wash and strip your greens You can leave whole or chop choice is yours.
  • 2
    Chop bacon and place in stock pan ... Cook over med heat. If using ham hocks omit bacon and brown hocks and continue on with following steps
  • 3
    While bacon starts cooking chop onion and garlic and toss in with bacon. . cook until onion is a litle tender. You dont want the bacon to be crunchy. Its ok if its a little under done as it will still be cooked more throughout
  • 4
    Add the chopped greens into your stock pot. Fold them in with the onion bacon mix and cook about 2 minutes.. continue to fold so nothing burns
  • 5
    Add salt .pepper. Red pepper . rosemary. And water to cover.. you want greens to just barely float
  • 6
    Bring to a boil ..3 minutes. Stir well reduce heat to simmer cover and cook an hour. Remove lid stir and continue to cook lid off for an hour on lowwww heat. These are actually better the longer they cook just keep heat very low.
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