Basic Soul Food Collard Greens Recipes

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!

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 CAFE'S COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot. Add onions and cook over medium-low heat until caramelized. Add vinegars and water and bring to a slow boil. Add collard greens. Simmer until tender.
• Add vegetable base, cayenne and sugar. Continue to simmer until flavors are absorbed by greens. Serve hot.

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.

BASIC SOUL FOOD COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Lay collard greens on top of each other, (no more then 4 at a time). Roll and then cut in half with a knife. Cut even smaller if you have large leaves.
• Now add the 1/2 of neckbones, pepper and salt to taste. Let mixture boil for 10 minutes.
• Add the collard greens, and more salt and pepper to taste if desired to the stock pot.
• Rapidly boil for 45 minutes. Reduce heat and let simmer for 4-6 hours.