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Trueblue Texan

(2,903 posts)
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 09:36 AM Oct 2023

Collard greens...oh, YESSSSSS!

I just made the best collard greens I've ever eaten. They were so good I had for them breakfast yesterday and today. Now I have a favorite breakfast: collard greens with grilled cheese on sour dough bread.

I made the greens with 1 smoked turkey neck. I saw a YouTube video where a black lady who appeared to know her way around a soul food kitchen used a smoked turkey leg to season her greens. I wish I could tell you the name of the YouTuber, but I can't. If I find out, I will update this post.

Anyway, her method sounded good, but I'm the only one in my house who eats meat and I didn't want to cook more than I could eat. So I went to the store and bought some smoked turkey necks--they were plenty meaty, but not as big as a turkey leg. I used one neck in this recipe and froze the rest.

I also got a bag of cut up collard greens. I washed the greens, threw them in the Instant Pot (you could also use a pressure cooker) along with 1/2 a chopped onion, and one turkey neck. I added water about 1/2 way up the greens...this was actually more water than was needed, but they still turned out great. You can also use chicken broth instead of water for a richer pot liquor.

I put the lid on the pot and set it to cook at high pressure for 8 minutes. I let it release its pressure slowly after it the 8 minutes then I took the lid off and scooped out the greens. I put the turkey neck back in there and put the lid back on and cooked it another 8 minutes under high pressure to loosen the meat up and make it tear off with a fork. After it was done, I took the neck out and pulled the meat off, adding it back to the pot with the collards and a healthy dose of pepper vinegar...I also added 5 or 6 of those little peppers from the jar. I let it cook another few minutes. If it's not salty enough with just the turkey neck, you can add some smoke salt.

The greens were amazing, but they were even more amazing the next day and the next. They were so good I was really glad I was the only one in the household that would eat them! I hope you enjoy this recipe! You might decide collard greens and grilled cheese is even better than collard greens and cornbread!

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Collard greens...oh, YESSSSSS! (Original Post) Trueblue Texan Oct 2023 OP
Love some good Collards. Turkey necks are a great addition. I usually add a little sugar to mine. Lochloosa Oct 2023 #1
I cook mine Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 #2
One daughter loves to make ggma Oct 2023 #3
Collards are a superfood! notemason Oct 2023 #4
Your method sounds good. Smoked turkey wings are also good. I cooked a pot of mixed collards & japple Oct 2023 #5
I'll have to try that mike_c Oct 2023 #6

Lochloosa

(16,395 posts)
1. Love some good Collards. Turkey necks are a great addition. I usually add a little sugar to mine.
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 09:57 AM
Oct 2023

Not much, maybe a tablespoon or two depending on the amount.

Jilly_in_VA

(10,845 posts)
2. I cook mine
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 10:08 AM
Oct 2023

in chicken broth, with a couple of slices of bacon cut up and some red pepper flakes. In Great Lent, I use veggie broth, smoked salt and pepper flakes.

japple

(10,304 posts)
5. Your method sounds good. Smoked turkey wings are also good. I cooked a pot of mixed collards &
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 12:18 PM
Oct 2023

turnip greens yesterday. Saute garlic in olive oil and then add about 1/2 tsp cumin. add chopped greens together with a diced purple top turnip and enough water to fill about 2" in the bottom of the pot. I added a couple chunks of ham from the freezer but you can use any smoked meat or seasoning. After the greens are tender, add salt, about 2 tsp sugar and 2 tsp Bragg's vinegar (more or less to taste) and 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes. Cook a bit longer to let the flavors combine.

mike_c

(36,332 posts)
6. I'll have to try that
Sat Oct 28, 2023, 01:59 PM
Oct 2023

I love collards. I usually cook them with some fatty bacon, but your recipe sounds great.

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