Simple Way to Make Speedy Slow Cooked Collard Greens

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, slow cooked collard greens. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Collard Greens is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Slow Cooked Collard Greens is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook slow cooked collard greens using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Slow Cooked Collard Greens:

1. Make ready 2 bags (or bunches) of cleaned and chopped Collards or Turnip or Mustard Greens (or any combination of greens listed above)
2. Get 3 tablespoons olive oil
3. Make ready 1 onion, sliced
4. Make ready 2 garlic cloves, smashed
5. Make ready 2 bay leaves
6. Make ready 10 oz bacon, chopped
7. Prepare 2 quarts chicken broth, warm
8. Prepare 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
9. Take 1 teaspoon sugar
10. Get Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps to make Slow Cooked Collard Greens:

1. 2 BAGS OF CLEANED AND CHOPPED GREENS. (prefer Glory brand)
2. Heat pot over medium heat and add bacon. Render fat from bacon at medium heat until bacon is crisp. Remove crisp bacon pieces onto a paper towel and set aside. Keep the bacon fat in the pot.
3. Add the onion, garlic. Cook until the onions are soft and starting to brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
4. Add the broth (scraping any brown bits from bottom of pot), vinegar, and sugar. Pack in the greens, pushing them down into the pot.
5. Add Bay leaves.
6. Bring up to a boil turning the greens over occasionally with a wooden spoon as they wilt. Lower to a simmer, cover the pot, and let cook for 45 minutes.
7. Taste the "pot likkor" (broth) and check the seasoning, add salt and pepper.
8. Cover and let cook for 15 more minutes or until tender.
9. Remove the bay leaves and serve.

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