Really delicious goodies!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 45 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 2 bunches collard greens
- 2 bunches mustard greens
- 2 bunches turnip greens
- 4 cups chicken broth, divided
- 3 tablespoons salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup cooked real bacon bits
- ½ cup white sugar
- 4 cloves garlic, sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Remove leaves from collard, mustard, and turnip greens; discard stems. Gently wash leaves in warm water to remove all soil and sand. Partially fill a clean sink with warm water; stir in 2 cups chicken broth and 3 tablespoons salt. Allow greens to soak in chicken broth mixture for 10 minutes.
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- Scoop greens into a colander and allow to drain; do not rinse. Discard chicken broth mixture down the sink.
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- Pour remaining 2 cups chicken broth into a large pot; mix in greens.
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- Stir in vegetable oil, bacon bits, sugar, garlic, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil.
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- Reduce heat to a simmer and cook, stirring occasionally, until greens are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
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Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 174 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 5 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 5 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 2250 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 11 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Leave out the soaking with salt/broth and the sugar. Greens are vegetable and not dessert.
At 82.5 yo, I have cooked greens many, many times. When washing, I soak in warm water and baking soda. It will lift any soil/debris from the leaves. I also soak dried beans for an hour in the same way. The broth the greens create when cooking, has many vitamins and nutrients. I cook greens a couple of hours. Never had a bad batch. Now I use the crockpot.
Made this dish as a side for Sunday dinner! It was a hit, delicious combination!
I used bacon grease instead of vegetable oil. Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, add sugar! Adjust the sugar to your taste. Good southern greens need a vinegar, sugar, salt, red pepper flakes, and a smoky fat source to make a great pot liquor. It’s all about the pot liquor to make a great bowl of greens!
It was WAY too sweet! I’d cut sugar in half, at least. I added some white balsamic vinegar after cooking to cut through the sweetness. Also, the ingredients are quite vague – 1 bunch of – (the greens) doesn’t really tell me a quantity. I like more specifics, I guess, but used more than I thought was necessary. All the other quantities seemed to work out fine with the amount of greens I had, (with the exception of the sugar) so perhaps my estimate was ok. I will try again, as I have a garden with a very large quantity of fresh greens right now.
Used frozen turnip greens with diced turnips. Reduced the flavorings a lot.
It’s been such a long time since I last made a pot of greens using my grandmother’s tried and true methodology that I sought out a 5-star recipe that matched up close enough to her word of mouth recipe that it caught my attention. Yes, indeed, this recipe is perfect, minus the sugar. I too use caramelized onions, and the final result made all taste buds do a happy dance! Excellent recipe and it’s good to have one in writing since my recollection is mental recipes is diminishing with age! Thanks for sharing!
This recipe truly is the most “Perfect Greens” I have ever eaten. I did reduce the amount of sugar to two sugar packets and they were still wonderful.
I love it, I added turnip, red pepper flakes and little bit of red wine vinegar… It was delicious.
Only used half of the sugar
I added a bit based on another rewiewer’s comments. I added the carmelized onions and red pepper flakes. It had just a bit of heat which worked wonderfully with the sweet onions. Served with sweet Brioche toast, fabulous!
First time ever cooking greens. I will make this recipe again with changes. No broth soak, but i did use about 2 cups of mushroom stock – added great flavor. I added 1 lb chopped bacon – let it render down and brown the bacon. I removed about 1/3 cup of bacon grease and left rest for the recipe. No oil used. I also added about 3/4 cup leftover pulled pork. Chopped and added 2 small sweet onions, about 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar, reduced sugar to 2 heaping tablespoons. I got my greens from a client, so I’m not sure if my greens volume was in keeping with the recipe. The results were awesome!
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For the love of Southern style or soul food, DO NOT put 1/2 cup of sugar in greens. Ever! You can add a little vinegar or I like rice wine vinegar, depending on your taste try Apple Cider Vinegar. A pinch of red pepper flakes.
For the love of Southern style or soul food, DO NOT put 1/2 cup of sugar in greens. Ever! You can add a little vinegar or I like rice wine vinegar, depending on your taste try Apple Cider Vinegar. A pinch of red pepper flakes.
This recipe was delicious. Based on what I had on hand, I made some changes. First, I used only turnip greens because I just thinned the turnips in my garden. I did not have enough to make a full recipe, so I ended up reducing everything down to 1/4 the full recipe. I used beef broth instead of chicken broth. Instead of oil and bacon bits, I just used some diced bacon. I cooked up the bacon with the garlic and then added the turnip greens that had been soaked and continued as the recipe said. Fantastic and so easy! I will definitely make this again.
My first time making greens…I made them for Thanksgiving and they were a hit!!
Best greens I ever made! I put some season blend in it from the frozen aisle.
I loved these. I only had turnip greens, other than that I followed the recipe exactly. I served them with grilled lamb chops for Easter dinner. My friend who is very picky and an excellent cook said they were the best greens she ever ate. My husband couldn’t get enough . Thank you for submitting this. I had never cooked greens before and the directions were easy.