How to Make Delicious Slow Cooked Collard Greens

Slow Cooked Collard Greens.

You can cook Slow Cooked Collard Greens using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooked Collard Greens

1. It's 2 bags of (or bunches) of cleaned and chopped Collards or Turnip or Mustard Greens (or any combination of greens listed above).
2. You need 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
3. You need 1 of onion, sliced.
4. It's 2 of garlic cloves, smashed.
5. You need 2 of bay leaves.
6. It's 10 oz of bacon, chopped.
7. It's 2 quarts of chicken broth, warm.
8. It's 2 tablespoons of cider vinegar.
9. Prepare 1 teaspoon of sugar.
10. It's of Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Slow Cooked Collard Greens instructions

1. 2 BAGS OF CLEANED AND CHOPPED GREENS. (prefer Glory brand).
2. Heat pot over medium heat and add bacon. Render fat from bacon at medium heat until bacon is crisp. Remove crisp bacon pieces onto a paper towel and set aside. Keep the bacon fat in the pot..
3. Add the onion, garlic. Cook until the onions are soft and starting to brown, about 8 to 10 minutes..
4. Add the broth (scraping any brown bits from bottom of pot), vinegar, and sugar. Pack in the greens, pushing them down into the pot..
5. Add Bay leaves..
6. Bring up to a boil turning the greens over occasionally with a wooden spoon as they wilt. Lower to a simmer, cover the pot, and let cook for 45 minutes..
7. Taste the "pot likkor" (broth) and check the seasoning, add salt and pepper..
8. Cover and let cook for 15 more minutes or until tender..
9. Remove the bay leaves and serve..

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