Pressure cooker collards with bacon
Pressure cooker collards with bacon
1 lb. fresh collard greens, chopped
4 oz. raw bacon, diced
1 tbsp. bacon grease
1/8 cup diced sweet onion
1 clove minced garlic
2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1 1/2 tbsp. tomato paste
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. pink himalayan salt
1/2 tsp. fresh ground pepper
Wash, de-stem collards, cutting each leaf in half after stem is removed. Stack leaves and chop into 1″ wide ribbons.
Combine the stock, tomatoes, and vinegar in a small bowl, and set aside.
Spread the bar on out in the bottom of the pressure cooker pot and set the pot over medium heat (stove top pressure cooker) or to sauté mode (electric pressure cooker).
Spread the chopped bacon around the bottom of the pressure cooker, put on sauté mode and slowly render the grease, about 5 minutes. Remove the crispy bacon bits with a slotted spoon and set aside. Add in the garlic, and slightly cook until fragrant. Add in the chopped onion.
Stir a big handful of the collards into the pot, coating with the bacon grease, until they wilt slightly. Then start packing in the rest of the collards, lifting them up with tongs and tossing them in the grease. Don’t worry about the max fill line on the cooker – the collards will wilt quickly – but make sure to pack them in enough to close the lid. Sprinkle the collards with the salt, then pour the stock/tomato mixture over everything and cover.
Lock the lid on the pressure cooker, bring it up to high pressure, and cook at high pressure for 20 minutes. Quick release the pressure once time is up (don’t wait for it to release on its own). Remove the lid carefully – the steam is hot enough to scald.
One released, place the collards into a serving dish, sprinkle with the crisped bacon, salt, and fresh ground black pepper, and serve.
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Bacon! Bacon grease! Dammit woman!
Turned out pretty good. I will make these again
Collards and bacon are our winter comfort food…neva had this in the summer
Welp. It is still just early food growing season here, and these are in season til end of July (started in May). So yeah, they were probably sprouting in cooler weather.
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Email me some? ?
That might be messy
Well we’ll never find out if we don’t try.
Also, keep in mind I’m low carb, so since I don’t use sugar, this recipe is adapted for it. I use diced tomatoes now and then, and turkey bone broth is the best way to do these IMHO.