Collard Greens A La Carol

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 bunches collard greens
• 1 small onions or 1 medium onion
• 4 -6 cloves garlic, chopped
• salt
• pepper (optional)

Recipe

• 1 fill large bowl with cold tap water.
• 2 soak collard greens in water, take out, and then rinse.
• 3 do this several times until no dirt is at bottom of bowl after washing.
• 4 rip thick stem from center of greens (its ok if a little thin stem is left).
• 5 i usually accomplish this by folding green in half with stem sticking straight up, and ripping down and towards me.
• 6 chop onions and fry over medium heat in a deep frying pan for a few minutes.
• 7 in the meantime, chop or tear collard greens into pieces and its okay.
• 8 if they're big pieces, as they will shrink.
• 9 add greens to onions, and then add chopped garlic (as desired) and salt (and pepper if desired) on top of them.
• 10 cover and reduce heat to low.
• 11 let steam a few minutes.
• 12 check frequently and stir.
• 13 the key to good collard greens is to not undercook them!!!
• 14 stir frequently and cover between stirrings.