Spicy African Collard Greens Food

SPICY COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Use a knife to cut on either side of the large rib running up each collard green leaf. Remove it and discard it. You don't need to go all the way up the leaf, just remove the thickest part. For smaller leaves, just remove the stem. Stack about 4 to 5 leaves, roll them up, and cut into 1/2-inch strips. Repeat with remaining leaves.
• Cook bacon in a large pot over medium heat until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined plate.
• Add onion to bacon fat and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened.
• Add broth, vinegar, sugar, red pepper flakes, and tabasco sauce to pot. Stir to combine.
• Add collard greens and use tongs to turn and mix them until they reduce in size some. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• Before serving, sprinkle bacon on top and season to taste with salt and pepper.

COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Start by boiling the ham hocks in a pot fully covered in water, bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for approximately 1½-2 hours or until the meat falls off the bone. The easiest way to do this is to use a pressure cooker. It's faster and takes me only about 12 minutes or less once it starts cooking. Let it cool, then cut the meat into bite-size pieces.
• Remove leaves from the stem. Then wash, rinse and chop. Repeat until all the collard greens have been removed from its stem. Discard stem and reserve chopped leaves.
• Heat up a medium or large dutch oven. Then add chopped bacon and cook for about 6-7 minutes or until brown.
• Add about 1 tablespoon of oil - there should be about 2 tablespoons of grease in the pot.
• Add onions, garlic, and ham hocks, then sauté for about 3-5 minutes.
• Throw in tomatoes, paprika, Creole seasoning, and some pepper flakes. Sauté for another 2 minutes.
• Finally, add the collard greens, chicken bouillon, and lemon. Pour in chicken broth or water. Lightly salt, if desired, or wait till the last few minutes of cooking.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for about 45 minutes or more or until the greens are tender.
• Serve warm with hot sauce and cornbread.

COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Rinse and dry the collard greens. Cut each leaf in half, removing and discarding the center rib. Stack a few leaves on top of each other, tightly roll together and thinly slice. Continue with the remaining leaves. Set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat until hot. Add the smoked turkey and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned all over, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in the red pepper flakes and cook for 30 seconds. Add the sliced collard greens, vinegar, sugar, garlic powder and onion powder; season with 1 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper. Stir to incorporate (a pair of tongs works great for this).
• Reduce the heat to low and cover the pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the greens are wilted, tender and darker in color, 30 to 40 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

SPICY AFRICAN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Lightly coat a 6-quart stockpot with olive oil spray; heat over medium-high setting.
• Add chopped yellow onions and garlic.
• Sauté until onion is caramelized, about 5 minutes, adding small amounts of broth for moisture as needed.
• Stir in jalapeno and green onions.
• Add greens to the stockpot; mix well.
• Stir in hot water, dried spices and Stevia Plus. (if using)
• Partially cover; reduce heat to low.
• Simmer until greens are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. (Add small amounts of hot water if needed to keep greens from becoming dry.)

SPICY STEWED COLLARDS

Steps:

• Cook 1 sliced red onion in olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat until softened, 4 minutes. Add 1 sliced seeded Fresno chile, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon chopped ginger, 1 teaspoon each cumin seeds and ground turmeric and 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamon; cook 1 minute. Add 2 bunches sliced collards and 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt; toss. Add 1 cup water, cover and cook until tender, 15 minutes. Uncover; increase the heat and cook 1 more minute. Stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice.

SPICY BRAISED COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, cook the bacon over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until just crisp, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate. Pour off all but 3 tablespoons of the bacon drippings and lower the heat to medium. Add the onions and cook until tender and translucent, 3 to 5 minutes.
• While the bacon and onions are cooking, prepare the greens. To remove the thick, woody stems that run down the center of the leaves, hold the base of the collard stem in one hand. Wrap your other hand around the bottom of the stem, directly under the leaf (like you are holding a baseball bat). In one firm motion, quickly slide your hand up the stem, removing the leaf in one swift movement. To chop the leaves, stack a few on top of each other and roll up like a cigar. Slice the roll into 1-inch pieces, rotate, and give another good chop. Continue until all the greens are chopped.
• Increase the heat of the Dutch oven to medium-high. Add a few large handfuls of greens at a time - stirring constantly to allow each batch to wilt for a few moments - until you can fit all of the greens into the pot. Continue to saute the greens for 3 to 5 minutes, until bright green and wilted. Season with a very generous pinch of kosher salt and a few big grinds of freshly ground black pepper. Add the chicken stock, vinegar, sugar, and red pepper flakes to the greens and stir until combined. Bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add the cooked bacon to the greens and simmer an additional 15 minutes. Taste for seasoning (don't be afraid to be generous with the salt). Serve with hot pepper vinegar on the side.

SPICY SWEET COLLARDS

Steps:

• Add the oil to a large saute pan over medium-high heat. Add onions, garlic and the red pepper flakes. Cook until slightly caramelized for about 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in the greens and toss well to wilt. Add the sugar and broth and toss together. Turn the heat down and cover. Cook until liquid is evaporated and greens become glazed, tossing occasionally, about 6 to 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and transfer to a serving bowl. Serve.

LIBERIAN STYLE COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large deep skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon slices on a paper towel-lined plate and crumble.
• Heat collard greens, vegetable oil, water, and chicken bouillon in a large pot over medium heat. Simmer until greens are wilted, about 10 minutes. Stir bacon, peanut butter, liquid smoke, soul food seasoning, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper into pot; cover and simmer until greens are very tender and peanut butter begins to separate, about 1 1/2 hours. Add more water if the mixture becomes too dry.
• Stir flounder fillets into greens. Continue to cook until fish breaks down, about 30 minutes more, stirring frequently.

TANGY 'N' SPICY VEGETARIAN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Clean 3 bunches of collard greens thoroughly by sprinkling with salt, washing and rinsing. Cut greens as desired, then set aside.
• In a large pot, heat 7 cups of water and brown sugar to boiling.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and sautee garlic, onion, and both peppers until tender. Add contents of skillet to the water and reduce heat to medium.
• As water continues to boil gently, add liquid smoke, vinegars, bay leaves, thyme, celery salt, black pepper, cheesecloth-bagged coriander, onion powder, red pepper, and Worcestershire sauce to pot.
• Add all greens to pot, stirring gently to submerge greens into broth.
• Cook on medium heat for 45 minutes.
• Then reduce heat to low and simmer for another 20 minutes.
• Taste the "pot liquor" and add the extra cup of water if desired to reduce the "kick", making your greens more mild and less spicy.
• Serve with sweet cornbread.
• Enjoy!

WEST AFRICAN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Fry onions and meat until tender.
• Add collards and more oil, fry until heated.
• Crumble Maggi cubes in and mix.
• Serve over rice, with a side of fried plantain. Yum!

SPICY SOUTHERN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

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

SPICY COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Rinse greens well and slice in thin strips. Place in saucepan with the stock and basil; cover and cook about 30 minutes, until greens are tender. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet and saute onion and garlic; stir in ginger root and jalapeno pepper. Add collards and stir until liquid is nearly evaporated. Add sesame oil and pepper to taste; stir. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.

AFRICAN POTATO AND COLLARD GREEN STEW

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat and add the onions and garlic, cooking them for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until softened.
• Add ginger, cinnamon,poppy seeds, mustard seeds, coriander, and cloves and cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes.
• Add potato to the mixture an stir to combine. Stir in 4 cups of water and turn heat up to high and bring to a boil, add the teaspoon of salt and stir well. Turn heat to low and simmer stew, uncovered, for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add cauliflower, sweet potato, collard greens, and raisins, stirring to combine. Continue cooking for 10 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• Season stew with vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste. If the stew is too dry, add a little water. Serve hot.