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Perfectly Cooked Greens

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
5 min
TOTAL TIME
20 min
SERVINGS
4 servings
Dinner Southern
Perfectly Cooked Greens
Ingredients
  • 1/4 cup bacon drippings
  • 4 bunches collard greens, tough stems removed
  • salt to taste
  • 3 cups water, or more as needed
Instructions
1
Preheat a cast iron skillet over medium heat, allowing the bacon drippings to warm up.
2
Cook and stir the greens in these warmed-up drippings until they have lost their crispness, become soft and pliable, and have significantly diminished in volume, typically taking anywhere from 1 to 4 minutes, depending on the initial toughness of the greens.
3
Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavor and serve the dish immediately from the skillet.
4
If you desire even more tender greens, add 3 cups of water to the skillet along with the greens.
5
Sprinkle a pinch of salt over the mixture and bring it to a rolling boil.
6
Continue to cook, adding more water as necessary, until the desired tenderness is achieved after a period of 1 hour.