Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey Leg. This Southern-Style Collard Greens is cooked with smoked Turkey Legs, onions, garlic, and broth; cooking everything in a single pot means that all the flavors are retained. There is also a version of collard greens that I love so much. It's the East African style collard greens called sukuma wiki - a very simple yet flavorful recipe. Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey Leg

You can cook Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey Leg using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey Leg
  1. It’s 3 of collard green bunches.
  2. It’s 1 of small onion roughly chopped.
  3. You need 3 cup of chicken broth (can use stock).
  4. It’s 3 clove of garlic roughly chopped.
  5. You need 1 tbsp of red pepper.
  6. You need 1 of smoked turkey leg (or wing!).
  7. It’s to taste of salt and pepper.
  8. You need of hot sauce.
  9. It’s 1 tbsp of olive oil.

Remove the smoked meat bones from the pot, let them cool just enough so you can handle them. Remove turkey leg and shred meat, remove bones and skin, and add meat back to pot. The smoked turkey leg adds the most amazing flavor to the greens, along with the garlic, onion and seasonings. I usually grab the biggest smoked turkey leg I can find at the grocery store because I love the flavor it adds SO much.

Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey Leg step by step

  1. Rinse and clean greens. Separate greens from stems. Discard stems..

  2. Roll greens and do a rough chop. Set aside..

  3. In a large pot, sautee olive oil, onions, and garlic till slightly browned..

  4. Add 3 cups of chicken broth, red pepper flakes, and turkey leg. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 minutes. Strip meat from turkey leg if necessary for the liquid to absorb the flavor..

  5. Add greens to pot. Cook on low for 45 minutes to an hour. Do not boil!.

  6. Taste! Add salt and pepper to taste. May also add hot sauce or vinegar.

It's worth the splurge and this recipe makes a good sized batch. Add half the collard greens, tossing with tongs until the greens are slightly wilted. Add the second half of the greens, plus the salt and pepper. Move the drumstick to the surface of the greens with the tongs. A classic recipe for collard greens that uses smoked turkey to add some flavor.