My Southern Collard Greens. Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Southern-style collard greens simmered with ham hock just like mama used to make is a tasty side dish and will bring you good luck in the New Year. Just a little note from another "Southern Belle", suger is sometimes used in greens (even collards)to cut the bitterness. My Southern Collard Greens

You can cook My Southern Collard Greens using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of My Southern Collard Greens
  1. You need 1 lb of Fresh or canned collard greens.
  2. Prepare 4 slices of bacon.
  3. Prepare 2 tbsp of oil.
  4. Prepare 1 of medium yellow onion (chopped).
  5. Prepare 4 of garlic cloves (minced).
  6. It’s 1-2 cups of chicken broth or 2 tbsp chicken soup base.
  7. You need 1 1/2 tsp of brown sugar.
  8. Prepare Pinch of salt (optional).
  9. You need to taste of Black pepper.
  10. Prepare 1 tsp of butter.

This dish will be a hit! The plant has dark green leaves and tough stems, and is included in the same family as kale, turnip greens and mustard greens. For me, southern collard greens are just about my favorite vegetable. I've been told that when I was little, I would turn down a bowl of ice cream for a bowl of collards and some cornbread.

My Southern Collard Greens step by step

  1. Cook the bacon on medium heat until it begins to crisp up. Once it does, remove it from the skillet and chop into bite-sized pieces..

  2. Add olive oil and onion, fry it for 5-7 minutes, stirring frequently until softened. Afterwards add the garlic and cook an additional 30 seconds before adding in the collard greens..

  3. After you stir the greens together with the onions and garlic, add in the chicken broth or soup base, brown sugar, salt, pepper and stir well, reduce heat to low and simmer for 90 minutes until the collard greens are tender. Ya'll they're so good. You'll end up eating the whole pan like I do.😎.

Tossed with bacon bits and garlic, our Healthy Living southern collard greens make a great side dish. Traditionally, Southern collard greens are made with pork. In this recipe, chopped bacon is cooked until almost crisp and the drippings are used to saute chopped onions, which forms the foundation of the dish, along with chopped smoked ham and garlic. Crispy bacon, sautéed onion, ham, and garlic perfect these Southern-Style Collard Greens, making them an essential part of your traditional Southern feast. Southern collard greens can be made several ways.