I love fresh greens of any kind and you can cook them all together or separate. Collards, mustard or turnip greens served with onion, vinegar and boiled eggs are wonderful. Of course, you need some cornbread to soak up the “pot likker”. That’s the juice left in the pot!
2 to 3 bunches of greens, about 2 pounds (Can be turnip, mustard or collards)
1 large onion, chopped (Optional) I don’t like onion cooked in my greens. I like to add it later after the greens are cooked.
1/2 cup pork jowl (can use ham hocks, salt pork, ham) chopped
1 cup water (Can add more. I like to have some pot likker on my greens)
1 teaspoon sugar (Optional)
Bring water to a boil, add meat to pot and cook about five minutes. Remove stems from greens and wash several times. No need to drain greens. Add greens to pot along with onion and sugar. (Some people don’t add sugar but I always add a small amount of sugar to fresh vegetables because I think it brings out the flavor. Cover greens and cook until tender. I cook mine about 15 minutes. I don’t like them overcooked. Makes about 6 to 8 servings. Enjoy!
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The only thing I would do differently is add more water. I want to be sure to have enough pot likker to soak my cornbread good! YUM!
I planted a small row of turnip greens about 3 weeks ago and they are growing. Love them – only my own – not from store – I cook the same way but maybe a little longer and add chopped crisp bacon on top along with slices of hard boild egg….
I love good greens! Yours look lovely!
I use chicken broth instead of water, also use red onion…saute the onions with diced ham steak and minced bacon, slowly add the chopped greens, stirring until coated with the pork goodness and then add the broth and some red wine vinegar
Pork jowl is not easy to come by but SOOO good!
I guess it depends where you are at on whether or not you can find pork jowls. I find them pretty much everywhere here in North East Texas, thank goodness!
i dont know where you live but i am in alabama and every grocery store I go in i see pork jowl in all of them .hope you can find it when you need to.
Ham hocks are good for cooking greens because after they are thoroughly cooked, the red meat on the inside is very tender and flavorful and tastes great with the greens. A little sugar added after cooking will cut the bitterness of the greens. Greens taste great with sweet pickle relish, or chow chow. Don’t forget to serve with cornbread and butter
After cooking try this…. fry about 3 or 4 slices of salt pork bacon in a skillet, and remove leaving the bacon grease in the skillet… drain the greens and put into the hot bacon grease and fry stiring occasionally until they just start to brown a bit… crumble the bacon bits back on top to serve… great with corn bread, mixed beans (pinto & great northern) a big skillet of fried potatoes & onions, and some hot kraut on the side…. YUM… BTW I have a wonderful recipe for making hot kraut (mixed pickles or end of garden pickles) !! Message me if you want it. always happy to share my recipe’s too.