Southern Smoky Bacon Collard Greens
Tender braised collard greens slow-simmered with crisp bacon, sweet onions, and tangy cider vinegar.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs fresh collard greens, washed and chopped
- 4 slices thick-cut smoked bacon, diced
- 1 medium yellow onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp kosher salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Fry diced bacon in a large Dutch oven until crispy, about six minutes.
- Add diced onion to bacon fat and cook for five minutes until softened.
- Stir in minced garlic and red pepper flakes, cooking for one minute until fragrant.
- Add chopped collard greens in large handfuls, allowing each batch to wilt down.
- Pour chicken broth, apple cider vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper into the pot.
- Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce heat to low and cover tightly.
- Simmer gently for forty minutes until greens turn silky and tender.
- Ladle warm collard greens into bowls along with their savory seasoned potlikker broth.
Notes
Wash collard leaves twice in cold water to remove any garden sand or grit completely.