Southern Slow-cooker Collard Greens w smoked Turkey Myfreakinkitchen

Southern Collard greens with Smoked Turkey wings

Slow-cooker recipe!❤️

These are a lifesaver! You can find the at any grocery store or order them from Amazon. I keep these in the pantry!!❤️

You can thank me for this later!!! Comment me! You’re gonna love them! 💕

Course: Side DishCuisine: soul food,

Southern Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 4 hours

Total Time: 4 1/2hours Servings: 8

Calories: 88kcal

Make your all your prep is ready! Reading through the recipe will make this process easier!

Ingredients

🥬 6 small bunches collard greens about 3 - 3 1/2 lbs

🥬 1 large Smoked Turkey wing, leg or tails (they all work perfectly)!

🥬 2 tbsp granulated sugar (Optional)

🥬 1 tbsp Cajun seasoned salt (your favorite)

🥬 2 tsp worcheshire sauce

🥬 2 tsp apple cider vinegar

🥬 1 tsp crushed red pepper flakes you can go down on this to 1/2 teaspoon if you like less heat.

🥬 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning

🥬 4 cups of chicken stock

🥬 1/4 tsp garlic powder

🥬 1/4 tsp paprika

🥬 1/4 cup finely chopped onion

As you can see my favorite Cajun seasonings are Old Bay Tony’s Creole and Slap yo Mama but yours will work just fine! 😋

Here I used vegetable broth cause I used all I bought for my dressing. So to freak it, I added a couple chicken bouillon cubes to complete my substitute.

Instructions

Throwing in the cooker as you prep it makes things so easier! So have the pot lined and ready!

1. Start by pulling and tearing greens away from stems. Take a hand full of greens, roll them up and cut the rolls horizontally into small pieces. We personally remove the stems but this is a personal decision.

2. Next, add greens to empty clean sink and wash them removing all grit, sand and debris thoroughly with cold water until water becomes clear. (I transfer the greens back and forth from sink to sink at least 4 times!) 😋

3. Next rinse the smoked Turkey meat make tiny slices in the meat to break the skin and place them in the bottom of slow cooker

4. Add greens and about 4-5 cups of chicken broth or enough to just barely cover greens to the pot. This will become your pot liquor

5. Add along the rest of the ingredients to the pot and cook on high for at least 4hours or until completely tender and the smoked meat falls off the bone. Some of the broth should have evaporated by this point just having enough to barely cover the greens. The greens will cook down so stir add water or remaining broth to keep the greens slightly covered and submerged.

Enjoy!❤️

Shuck or cut the leaves from the stalk both work. (If any in-laws are in the kitchen you better shuck them. Lol 😂) grab the green with both hands and strip the stalk between your fingers. Big end to small!!! I’ll make a video for that!!!’ Lol. It’s easy!

Notes

If the greens are soft enough at the end of the 4 hours just keep cooking. Until done. It’s normal for an additional hour or so and sometimes more.

To pick wonderful greens at your local grocery store or farmer’s market, be sure to pay close attention to the leaves. They shouldn’t be too tough. You want to make sure that the leaves are easy to pull away from the stem and tear/cut later when preparing them to cook.

You can scale back the spice to 1/2 teaspoon if 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes is too much.

You will need some liquid left for the pot liquor but it shouldn't be way more than what tops the greens.

Created By

james barber

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