Better Than Usual Cooked Greens
Most people don’t like cooked greens because they have such a vinegar taste. This recipe still uses vinegar (needed for cooked greens) but adds other ingredients to make them delicious.
Ingredients
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- 5 strips chopped bacon, browned
- 2/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- collard greens
- kale
- turnip greens
- mustard greens
Instructions
- You will need enough greens to fill/pack a 4 quart pot. You can used any combination of these but make sure one of them is collard greens.
- Brown 5 strips chopped bacon in 4 quart pot.
- Add water, vinegar, salt and brown sugar. Bring to a boil
- Add cut up greens (stems removed) packed to fill pot, reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until greens are tender. Watch to keep from burning.
Notes
If you are cooking only Collard greens cut out the toughest veins. They may need a little more liquid and may need to cook a little longer.