Collard Greens

Name: Collard Greens
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 strips bacon, diced; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 Tbsps cider vinegar; 2 bunches collard greens, washed; 1 Tbsp chopped garlic; 1 medium onion, sliced; 1 teaspoons red pepper flakes; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Need a gluten free and dairy free side dish? Collard Greens could be a great recipe to try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 5g of protein, 7g of fat, and a total of 127 calories. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up garlic, onion, cider vinegar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 35 minutes.

Instructions

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In a high-sided skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until brown, about 5 minutes. In the same pan add the onions and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes.

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Onion

Bacon

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Frying Pan

Strip the leaves from the tough stems of the collard greens. Stack the leaves, roll them up and cut them into thin strips.

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Collard Greens

Roll

To the skillet with the bacon and onions, add the garlic and red pepper flakes, brown sugar, cider vinegar, salt and pepper, to taste.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Salt And Pepper

Apple Cider Vinegar

Brown Sugar

Garlic

Onion

Bacon

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Add the greens, stir and cover the skillet. Cook for 15 minutes, stirring halfway though. Collards are done when tender and no longer bitter.

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Collard Greens

Greens

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Remove from heat to a serving bowl.

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Serve the greens with the Light and Crispy Fried Chicken, if desired.

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Whole Chicken

Greens

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Servings:

3strips

bacon, diced 1Tbsp

brown sugar 2Tbsps

cider vinegar 2bunches

collard greens, washed 1Tbsp

chopped garlic 1medium

onion, sliced 1teaspoons

red pepper flakes 4servings

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Recommended wine: Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel

Riesling, Sparkling Wine, and Zinfandel are my top picks for Southern. 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. You could try Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken. Reviewers quite like it with a 4 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 21 dollars per bottle.

Selbach Oster Zeltinger Himmelreich Riesling Kabinett Halbtrocken

#95 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2017It’s richer and less minty than usual but I like the richness in this vintage, which can use a little gras; so anticipate a wine with more apple and less spearmint; crunchy stuff. The parcel is called Heel and it’s to the right of Anrecht, from which one of the great trio of en-bloc wines comes.