Description
A delicious collard green recipe that goes well with any soul food or poultry entree.
Ingredients
- 1 bunch collard greens, chopped
- 1 (16 ounce) package hickory-smoked bacon, diced
- ½ cup butter
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cubes chicken bouillon, crumbled
- 1 cup water
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 pinch ground thyme, or to taste
- 1 pinch dried savory, or to taste
- 4 teaspoons milk
Instructions
- Put collard greens in a pot full of lightly salted water; bring to a boil
- reduce heat to medium-low
- and cook until tender
- about 1 hour. Drain.
- Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp
- about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon on paper towels.
- Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion in melted butter until tender
- 7 to 10 minutes. Stir bacon
- chicken bouillon
- water
- garlic
- oregano
- thyme
- and savory into the onion; bring to a boil. Stir collard greens into the mixture and simmer 5 minutes. Pour milk over the mixture
- stir
- and cook another 5 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Servings: 6