Step-by-Step Guide to Prepare Homemade Slow Cooked Collard Greens

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, slow cooked collard greens. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Slow Cooked Collard Greens is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Slow Cooked Collard Greens is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook slow cooked collard greens using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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. Prepare 1 onion, sliced
4. Get 2 garlic cloves, smashed
5. Get 2 bay leaves
6. Prepare 10 oz bacon, chopped
7. Get 2 quarts chicken broth, warm
8. Take 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
9. Get 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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