The Best Collard Greens Recipe: How To Clean & Prepare Collard Greens

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is rich in healthy fats.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and can be homemade.

Place collard greens in a large bowl or dish.

Create a salt water solution by sprinkling salt over the collard greens and filling the bowl with water.

Scrub the collard greens thoroughly, letting them sit in the salt water solution for about 20 to 30 minutes.

Remove the tough stems from the collard greens by folding and slicing them off or cutting closely to the stem, keeping about a cup of chopped stems.

Chop the collard greens by folding them, rolling them up, and cutting them into strips.

Chop the smoked turkey tails into small pieces, keeping the water they boiled in.

Heat a large pot over medium-high heat and add vegetable oil and butter.

Add chopped onions and bell peppers to the pot and sauté until softened.

Add collard greens to the pot a little at a time, ensuring they are fully coated with the oil and butter.

Add the chopped stems, smoked turkey tails, chicken broth, apple cider vinegar, minced garlic, chicken flavored bouillon cubes, and seasonings to the pot.

Cover the pot and let the collard greens cook until tender, checking after an hour as cooking time can vary from 50 minutes to 2 hours.

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