Quick-Braised Greens with Bacon and Sweet Onions

Recipe courtesy Aida Mollenkamp

Show: Ask AidaEpisode: Southern Comfort

Rated: 5 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (3)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(3)

Cook Time:
27 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 27 min
Total:: 32 min

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Ingredients

1 1/2 pounds collard greens, washed, trimmed, and roughly chopped
4 ounces bacon, sliced crosswise into 1/2-inch pieces
3/4 cup minced sweet onions
1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Directions

Bring a large pot of heavily salted water to a boil. When water boils, add greens and cook until wilted and tender, about 5 minutes. Drain and set aside.

Place bacon in a large frying pan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned and fat is rendered, about 3 minutes. Add onion and cook until softened, about 4 minutes. Add greens and turn to coat well. Add broth - it should cover greens and let cook until broth is reduced and greens are very tender, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve.

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recipe Quick-Braised Greens with Bacon and Sweet Onions
Kevin Renton, WA 06-18-2009
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Simple, but good!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I do not have much experience with collard greens, but I found this recipe very easy to prepare and quite delicious. I will... make this again. Read more
recipe Quick-Braised Greens with Bacon and Sweet Onions
Ashley Raleigh, NC 03-29-2009
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GREAT GREENS and SO EASY!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've gone back to work and the desire to make a home cooked meal after a long day seems to have gone as well. On top of that,... we are bored with our regular menus. My husband and I were watching t.v. and somehow stopped on the food network. The menu she prepared seemed so simple and delicious that I started writing everything down from memory. My husband (not the experimenter) said he would eat everything if I made it. I got the exact recipes online and went to the grocery store. I even invited my parents over...I don't usually experiment on unsuspecting relatives but I felt good about this. I can't believe how tender and flavorful the greens were in such a short amount of time. IT WAS GREAT!!! Everyone loved it and my husband actually ate everything on his plate!!! The sweet potatoes & collard greens complemented the tenderloin perfectly! My mother asked me to e-mail her the recipes and my daughter couldn't get enough of the sweet potatoes. THANKS AIDA!!! This has definitely been added to our menus.Read more
recipe Quick-Braised Greens with Bacon and Sweet Onions
Jeannie Holly Hill, FL 10-25-2008
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Quick and easy greens!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I was watching the show today and in lieu of collard greens, I stepped into my garden in the back yard, harvested some... gorgeous broccoli leaves and substitued them in this recipe and it was absolutely wonderful.Read more