Yankee Collard Greens. Yankee Collard Greens Delicious Collard Greens in under an hour? No problem when you make them the way my New York kin folks do. Not quite Southern style but very tasty.
You can cook Yankee Collard Greens using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Yankee Collard Greens
- It’s 2 of tablesoons olive oil.
- Prepare 6 slices of bacon.
- It’s 1 of large onion, chopped.
- It’s 2 cloves of garlic, minced.
- It’s 2 pounds of pre-washed, bagged Collard Greens.
- It’s 3 cups of chicken broth.
- You need to taste of Salt and black pepper.
- It’s 2 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning.
- It’s 2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes.
- You need 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
- Prepare 1 tablespoon of sugar.
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Yankee Collard Greens instructions
Heat olive oil in a medium heavy bottom pot. Add bacon, and cook until crisp. Remove bacon from pot, crumble and set aside..
Add onion to pot and cook until tender, about 5 minutes..
Add garlic, and cook until just fragrant..
Add collard greens, and fry until they start to wilt..
Pour in chicken broth, and season with salt, black pepper, Cajun seasoning, and red pepper flakes. Mix up well..
Reduce heat to low. Add the apple cider vinegar and sugar. Cover pot with lid and simmer for 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until greens are tender..
Once greens are done, add the bacon and mix well to combine. Taste greens for seasoning and salt adjustments.
Serve warm and enjoy!.
Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add bacon, and cook until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, crumble and return to the pan. Add garlic, and cook until just fragrant. Sauteing the leaves with garlic first balances the vegetable's bitterness.
