Collard Greens in Olive Oil
Collard Greens in Olive Oil

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Heat ½ cup oil in a large saucepan over medium. Add collard greens to saucepan a handful at a time,. Stir vigorously with long tongs or a wooden spoon until the greens are wilted.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook collard greens in olive oil using 9 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Collard Greens in Olive Oil:
  1. Prepare 3 potatoes, sliced
  2. Prepare 15 garlic cloves, sliced
  3. Prepare 1 handful fresh mint
  4. Make ready 150 ml olive oil, extra virgin
  5. Prepare 1 chicken stock cube
  6. Take 300 grams salted cod portions, optional
  7. Prepare 2 liter water, plus extra.
  8. Get 1 sea salt
  9. Make ready 400 grams collard Greens

Once the oil is shimmering, add all of the collard greens and the salt. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat until the oil begins to shimmer. Add the tomato, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes completely break down. Heat a large saute pan over medium high heat and add the olive oil.

Steps to make Collard Greens in Olive Oil:
  1. If using cod, soak the fish in cold water 24 hours before cooking. Change water 3-4 times during this time.
  2. An important step is to pre-cook the greens prior to actually making the recipe. This stops it from becoming too bitter during the cooking process.
  3. In a large pan bring water to the boil.
  4. Wash and roughly tear the greens. Once the water is boiling drop the greens into the pan and let it cook for 5 minutes.
  5. Strain the greens and dispose of the water. Rinse the pan and add in the 2 litres of cold water.
  6. Add the greens, salt and olive oil, cover with lid and bring to the boil.
  7. Once its boiling, add in the potatoes, garlic, and stock cube, lightly stir, cover with lid and cook for a further 15 minutes
  8. Add in the the cod and cook for a further 5 minutes.
  9. Check seasoning is to your taste.
  10. Remove from the heat, add in the mint, lightly stir and let it rest for 10-15 minutes.

Once hot, add the garlic and red pepper flakes and saute until fragrant. Melt bacon fat and heat olive oil on medium heat. Sauté onion until transparent, a couple of minutes. There are many delicious ways to cook collard greens, but this is best-known way to do it in the South—low and slow in a stockpot (or slow cooker) with plenty of bold, smoky ingredients to amp up the flavor of the greens. These collard greens may take a few hours to simmer, but they only require a few minutes of hands-on cooking time.

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