How To Cook Collard Greens The Healthy Way
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All traditional collard green recipes advise boiling collard greens in a pot of water. Boiling collard greens reduces their health benefits – most of the vitamins and nutrients end up in a water that turns green and gets drained away. In addition, many classic collard green recipes add bacon or ham to collard greens after boiling them – and that certainly turns healthy collard greens into something unhealthy.
To cook collard greens the healthy way, do not boil them – just saute them in a pan. This way, no nutrients are lost during cooking. And of course, don’t add the bacon!
In this healthy collard greens recipe, the collard greens are cooked in a frying pan with olive oil and garlic. This recipe is very easy – no messy boiling to deal with!
Recipe: How To Cook Collard Greens The Healthy Way
Cooking time: 15 minute(s)
Ingredients
- 1 bunch collard greens, rinsed and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat.
- Put the collard greens on a frying pan and stir. Reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring periodically, for 4 minutes or until the collard greens are wilted.
- Reduce heat to the lowest setting and cover. Cook for 5 minutes. Stir and cover again. Cook for another 5 minutes.
- Add minced garlic and stir. Cook for 1 minute.
- Remove collard greens from heat and stir.
In the south, we never, ever through away the collard water! It’s called pot liquor and it’s sopped up with cornbread.
You beat me too it. Who drains the pot liquor away? It’s also a great vegetable broth for making soup.