Collard greens – Yummy!
January 28, 2012
Collard greens! One of my favorite veggies!
1 bunch of collard greens
1 cup of rough chopped yellow onion
2 chopped garlic cloves
a shake of hot pepper flakes
olive oil
salt
pepper
1) Collard Greens
Wash collard greens very thoroughly in large amount of water. Usually I put a stopper in a sink, fill sink with cold water and rinse greens in the water.
Strip green part of every leaf from the stem. Just tear it off on one side and then on the other side. Discard the stem
Cut green part into bite size pieces – about 1inX1in
Put a pot of water on a cooktop and bring water to boil. A large amount of water. Add greens and boil for 5 min exactly! Very important to NOT over-boil
While the greens are boiling prepare an ice bath. Pour greens and hot water off in a colander, then place greens in the ice bath. After greens cooled down, remove them from the ice bath, drain in a colander. Now the veggie is ready for cooking. You can put them in your fridge and use a day or two later.
2) Actual cooking:
In a heavy pot add olive oil to moisten the bottom. Add chopped onion and a shake of pepper flakes. Let onion sweat for 3 – 4 min. The heat should be medium to low.
Add garlic and let it sweat a little longer. Do not allow onion/garlic mixture to brown!!!
Add greens, a tea spoon of balsamic vinegar, some salt, a pinch of sugar and let it stew on low heat for about 15 min.
Take a taste and adjust salt, sugar, etc. If greens are still tough, stew a few minutes longer.
Enjoy!
