chef scott's kickin' mixed greens

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 8 slices bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 large onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 pound fresh collard greens, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 pound turnip greens, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 1/2 pound mustard greens, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 5 cups chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 2 pinches red pepper flakes

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 20 mins


• heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. cook and stir bacon in hot oil until crisp, 7 to 10 minutes. remove bacon from pot, crumble, and return to the pot. add onion to the bacon; cook and stir until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. stir garlic into the bacon mixture; cook and stir until fragrant, about 2 minutes. add collard greens, turnip greens, and mustard greens; cook and stir until the greens start to wilt, 2 to 3 minutes.
• pour chicken broth into the pot; season with salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes. reduce heat to low, cover pot with a lid, and cook at a simmer until the greens are tender, about 45 minutes.