Braised Collard Greens

Name: Braised Collard Greens
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 2 strips bacon, cut into small lardons; 118 milliliters chicken stock; 1 large bunch collard greens, stemmed and sliced into 1-inch strips; 2 cloves garlic, sliced; 1 Juice and zest of lemon; 0 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

The recipe Braised Collard Greens is ready in about 1 hour and 5 minutes and is definitely an awesome gluten free, dairy free, and primal option for lovers of Southern food. One serving contains 76 calories, 4g of protein, and 5g of fat. For 48 cents per serving, you get a side dish that serves 4. If you have juice of lemon, chicken stock, collard greens, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

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Cook the bacon in a deep saute pan on medium-high heat until crisp, then set aside, leaving the fat in the pan.

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Bacon

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Frying Pan

Add the red pepper flakes, garlic and lemon zest, and saute until fragrant.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Lemon Zest

Garlic

Add the collard greens and cook until they begin to wilt.

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Collard Greens

Add the chicken stock and 1/2 cup water and cover, lowering the heat to a simmer.

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Chicken Stock

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Let cook until the greens are tender, 30 to 40 minutes. Uncover, add back the bacon, raise the heat to medium-high, and reduce the liquid by one-quarter, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Greens

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Add the lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper.

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Lemon Juice

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Servings:

2strips

bacon, cut into small lardons 118milliliters

chicken stock 1large bunch

collard greens, stemmed and sliced into 1-inch strips 2cloves

garlic, sliced 1

Juice and zest of lemon 0teaspoons

red pepper flakes 4servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Southern works really well with Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel. In general, there are a few rules that will help you pair wine with southern food. Food-friendly riesling or sparkling white wine will work with many fried foods, while zinfandel is great with barbecued fare. One wine you could try is J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett Riesling. It has 4.4 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 22 dollars.

J.J. Prum Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett Riesling

Despite its still youthful freshness it shows the fine fruity Riesling characteristic and an underlying hint of mineral from the blue/grey Devonian slate soil.Serve this refreshing wine slightly chilled! As aperitif and, especially when more matured, in combination with seafood or poultry.