The Best Soul Food Style Collard Greens

THE BEST SOUL FOOD STYLE COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Place the bacon ends in a pot, and place the pot over medium heat.
• Brown the bacon then add in the diced onions, and cook until the onions start to sweat.
• Add in the minced garlic,then cook for 1 minutes.
• Pour in the chicken broth, and turn the heat up to high and let boil for 20 minutes.
• Pour in the 2 cups of water, and turn the heat down to medium.
• Start adding in the collard greens into the pot.
• Once all of the greens are in the pot, sprinkle in the seasoning salt and ground black pepper.
• Add in the sliced jalapeno, and the vinegar and stir the ingredients.
• Cover the pot, and let simmer for 1 hour and 10 minutes over medium heat. Be sure to peak in and stir periodically.
• Enjoy!

SOUTHERN-STYLE COLLARD GREENS

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.

BLACK FOLKS SOUL FOOD COLLARD GREENS RECIPE

Steps:

• Clean the collard greens and cut off the stems.
• Then roughly chop the leaves in half through the midline and then into bite-sized pieces.
• Open the Instant Pot lid and add the wet ingredients (chicken stock, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, honey, and hot sauce to the stainless-steel inner pot.
• Next, add the onion, tomatoes, garlic, Old Bay or Cajun seasoning, red pepper flakes, salt, pepper, and stir to combine the ingredients.
• Finally, add the collard greens, followed by the cooked turkey leg.
• Press down to sink the greens as much as you can into the liquid broth.
• Close the Instant Pot lid (make sure the valve is up - in the position for sealing) and pressure cook on high for 15 minutes.
• When the cooking time is finished, allow a natural pressure release for at least 15 minutes.
• To open the Instant Pot lid, move the valve to 'venting' and manually release any remaining pressure, if applicable.
• Serve Black folks' soul food collard greens right away and enjoy!

SOUL FOOD STYLE COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• 1. Place a pot over medium heat, add in the turkey tails and cool water, cover with a lid and boil for 1 hr.2. Place the collard greens in a big mixing bowl, add in 1 tbs of salt, and enough water to cover them.3. Scrub the collard greens well, let them soak for 15-20 minutes, then rinse well.4. Remove the stems and chop them up. Keep a cup worth of stems, discard the rest, and chop up the collard greens.5. Once the turkey tail is done and tender, chop it up into small pieces.6. Chop the onions and peppers into small pieces. 7. Place a large pot over medium-high heat and add in the oil, butter, onions, peppers, and stir periodically.8. Sautee for 5 minutes, then stir in the first pound of collard greens.9. After 3 minutes, add in the 2nd pound of collard greens and let them cook for 3 mins or until they wilt and are glossy.10. Reduce the heat to medium and add in the chopped turkey tails, the water from the turkey tails, the broth, and all the condiments and seasonings, then stir well. 11. Cover the greens with a lid and let them simmer for approximately 1 hr or until tender.

COLLARD GREENS AND CABBAGE

Steps:

• Add the bacon fat to a large stock pot.
• If you don't save your bacon fat, fry up a few slices of bacon in the pot you are going to cook your greens in; leave the bacon and fat.
• Add your ham hocks to the pot, cover with water, onion and spices.
• Boil for about an hour.
• Add cleaned and cut collards to the pot, cover and cook until tender (45 minutes to an hour, less if you like them less cooked).
• Add the cabbage at the very end and cook until wilted or to your desired taste.
• Remove bones and fat of the ham hocks.

BEST EVER COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Heat broth.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• If there is not enough broth to cover greens, add more.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat& simmer for about 3 hours.
• Remove bay leaves.