Collard Greens with Bacon and Onions
earthy greens • sweet onions • homemade broth • crispy bacon
Ingredients
- • 1 bunch of collard greens
- • 1 large onion or 2 small onions
- • 2 cloves of garlic
- • Several pieces of bacon
- • Chicken broth
- • Freshly Ground Black Pepper
- • Red Pepper Flakes
- • Cayenne Pepper
- • Paprika
- • Hot Sauce
- • Rice Vinegar
- • Fried Chicken (optional)
Method
- 1
Go outside and harvest the collard greens.
- 2
Cut the rough fibrous stalk out of the collard greens and either feed em to the chickens or throw em in the compost pile.
- 3
Cut the collard green leaves into pieces as shown in the video.
- 4
Chop up the garlic and the onions.
- 5
Now fry up the bacon on medium heat, get it nice n crispy then dry on a paper towel.
- 6
Throw in the garlic and red pepper flakes, saute for about 10 to seconds and swirl around in the oil then add the onions
- 7
Saute everything together for another minute or so.
- 8
Add in the collard greens and saute them in with the garlic and onions for a couple of minutes.
- 9
Add in the chicken broth, freshly ground black pepper, cayenne pepper, and paprika.
- 10
Remove the broccoli florets and toss onto the same plate that you have the beef set aside on.
- 11
Simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour on a medium low heat.
- 12
Towards the end, add in a little hot sauce and rice vinegar (or other type of vinegar).
- 13
At the very end crumble the bacon on top. I do not cook the bacon in the broth because it gets soggy. So I cook it first and remove it, using the fats for flavor in the broth but keeping the bacon crispy for when I serve the dish.
- 14
I typically eat this dish with fried chicken and cornbread but you can do as you please!
