{"id":2033,"date":"2012-08-05T20:08:05","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T01:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2033"},"modified":"2012-08-05T20:08:05","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T01:08:05","slug":"collard-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/?p=2033","title":{"rendered":"Collard Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never had collard greens , though i’ve heard that southern people like collard greens . But living in Indiana , you hardly seen greens being sold at the groceries , other than green beans , lettuce , corn , spinach , those kind of stuff . Even kale is sometimes hardly available , let alone mustard greens , collard greens .. I guess living down south has its own advantages , such as , plenty and cheap vegetables ! So i took that advantage today too , by trying collard greens . I thought how hard can this be to cook anyway ? It’s vegetable , couldn’t be any difference than making saute bok choy , mustard greens .. those stuff . I thought garlic , onion , bacon will do the work for the collard greens . I did my research before jumping into it , and most of them ,instead of sauteeing the collard greens , they simmer the greens with ham or hock .. around those area . I did slightly different , but i took a bite and tried it .. I LOVED IT .. i was warned by my husband’s uncle that it might have a slight bitter taste like mustard greens , but mustard greens was so bitter for me ! Thank God that this wasn’t as close as that mustard greens .. Collard greens will def. be cooked more often in our household !<\/p>\n

Direction :<\/p>\n

1 bunch of collard greens , remove leaves from the stem , then cut the leaves into 2 inches strips .<\/p>\n

4 garlic cloves , minced<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup of chopped sweet onion<\/p>\n

1 tbsp. red pepper flakes<\/p>\n

4 strips of bacon , chopped<\/p>\n

1 cup of chicken broth<\/p>\n

1 tsp. of sugar<\/p>\n

1. In a skillet heat up vegetable oil , then add the onion , garlic and red pepper flakes , cook for a minute or two , add bacon , cook about 3 minutes .<\/p>\n

2. Add the collard greens , stir until wilted , then add 1 cup of chicken broth and sugar . Bring to boil , simmer for 30 minutes . Serve .<\/p>\n

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I never had collard greens , though i’ve heard that southern people like collard greens . But living in Indiana , you hardly seen greens being sold at the groceries , other than green beans , lettuce , corn , spinach , those kind of stuff . Even kale is sometimes hardly available , let alone mustard greens , collard greens .. I guess living down south has its own advantages , such as , plenty and cheap vegetables ! So i took that advantage today too , by trying collard greens . I thought how hard can this be to cook anyway ? It’s vegetable , couldn’t be any difference than making saute bok choy , mustard greens .. those stuff . I thought garlic , onion , bacon will do the work for the collard greens . I did my research before jumping into it , and most of them ,instead of sauteeing the collard greens , they simmer the greens with ham or hock .. around those area . I did slightly different , but i took a bite and tried it .. I LOVED IT .. i was warned by my husband’s uncle that it might have a slight bitter taste like mustard greens , but mustard greens was so bitter for me ! Thank God that this wasn’t as close as that mustard greens .. Collard greens will def. be cooked more often in our household ! Direction : 1 bunch of collard greens , remove leaves from the stem , then cut the leaves into 2 inches strips . 4 garlic cloves , minced 1\/4 cup of chopped sweet onion 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes 4 strips of bacon , chopped 1 cup of chicken broth 1 tsp. of sugar 1. In a skillet heat up vegetable oil , then add the onion , garlic and red pepper flakes , cook for a minute or two , add bacon , cook about 3 minutes . 2. Add the collard greens , stir until wilted , then add 1 cup of chicken broth and sugar . Bring to boil , simmer for 30 minutes . Serve .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-side-dishes","category-side-dishes-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2035,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033\/revisions\/2035"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oliviaskitchen.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}