Doc’s Collard Greens

Ingredients:

• 2 bunches of whole Collard Greens
• ½ red sweet pepper- chopped
• 1 sweet white onion- chopped
• 4 large cloves of garlic- chopped
• ½ small smoked turkey drumstick- cut into small pieces
• 2- Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (EVOO)(consider using one of CMMD’s Ultra-Premium EVOO’s)
• 1 quart of organic chicken stock
• Fresh ground black pepper
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Salt
• 1 cup of white vinegar
• Apple cider vinegar (optional)

Directions:

• Wash whole collard green leaves 10 times, soaking and squeezing and then draining water between each wash. After 2-3 washes, soak once with water with quarter cup of salt & a cup of white vinegar and let sit for 5 minutes. Then resume soaking and rinsing process. Soak greens for total of about 1 hour.
• Rip or cut hard middle vein from the center of each collard leaf and discard.
• Slice or rip deveined collards. I prefer irregular, moderate size pieces (vs. fine strips)
• Gently heat olive oil in a pot on medium that is sized to eventually accommodate all of the ingredients.
• Add chopped garlic until it turns light gold.
• Add chopped onions and red peppers.
• When onions begin to soften, mix in smoked turkey chunks- stir and sauté for 15 -20 minutes on low heat.
• Add 1 quart of organic chicken stock.
• Add salt, fresh ground black pepper and crushed red pepper to taste and simmer gently for 30-40 minutes.
• Add collards and simmer at a very low heat at least until collards turn dark green.
• OPTIONAL- Add Apple Cider Vinegar into the pot to taste when cooking is complete and/or to individual’s portion

Enjoy!

Yield is 6 servings. Each serving counts as 1 vegetable and 2 LP’s (LP amount varies with number of ounces of smoked turkey used in pot per serving)

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