Collard Greens Beans Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons water in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in water until onion is softened and translucent, about 10 minutes, adding more water as needed to prevent scorching. Stir vegetarian bouillon into onion mixture.
• Stir collard greens, tomatoes, and 1 1/4 cup water into onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper; cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in great Northern beans and sugar and continue to simmer until liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes more. Adjust seasoning as needed.

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large, deep pan with a lid, and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon pieces from the pan, and set aside.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low, and stir the sliced onion into the hot bacon fat. Cook and stir the onion until it begins to brown, scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan, about 8 minutes. Add the garlic, and cook and stir 4 more minutes. Return the bacon to the pan, stir in the collard greens, and toss gently until the greens are wilted, about 3 minutes.
• Pour in the water to almost cover the collard greens, and stir in the brown sugar, vinegar, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer the collard greens until very tender, 1 to 2 hours.
• About 1/2 hour before serving, stir the cannellini beans into the collard greens, and return to a simmer.

Steps:

• Remove and discard center ribs and stems from collard greens. Cut leaves into 1-in. pieces. In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally., Add onion and garlic to bacon and drippings; cook and stir 2 minutes. Add collard greens; cook and stir until they begin to wilt. Stir in water, brown sugar, vinegar, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 55-65 minutes or until greens are tender, adding beans during the last 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Cover beans with 3 inches of water in a medium pot. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and cover for 1 hour. Drain.
• Heat oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Saute onion, garlic, and red pepper flakes until tender, about 4 minutes. Add collard greens in batches, stirring until wilted. Add beans, Parmesan rind, and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, until beans and greens are tender, about 1 hour 20 minutes. Season with salt and vinegar.

Steps:

• Drain the beans; place them in a saucepan and add fresh water to cover. Bring them to a boil and simmer, covered, over low heat until half cooked, about 45 minutes. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat the oil in a wide, deep skillet. Add the onion, the chili and the frying pepper and cook three minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic, tomato sauce, parsley and salt and simmer 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Drain the beans and reserve the cooking liquid. Add the beans and about one cup of liquid to the skillet, cover and continue cooking until the beans are tender.
• Soak and clean the collard greens. Shred the leaves finely to make about four cups. In a medium saucepan, bring three cups of water to a boil. Add the collards and cook 20 minutes. Drain the collards; add them to the skillet along with more reserved bean liquid, if necessary, and continue to cook for 10 minutes. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• In a small saucepan, heat the butter to sizzling, add the Cayenne, swirl once and pour over the contents in the skillet. Serve hot or warm.

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot over medium heat; add the garlic; cook until fragrant, 1 minute; add the greens, vinegar, water and hot sauce; cook, stirring often, until greens slightly soften, about 5 minutes.
• Cover; cook 5 more minutes.
• Add the beans with 1/2 cup of the beans cooking liquid (if using canned beans, use water), cover; cook until the collards are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in salt, pepper and more hot sauce to taste.

Steps:

• Wash, de-stem and chop the collards and set aside. The easiest way to prepare collards is to work from the back of the leaf. Slice down each side of the stem and put leaves in a pile. Roll the pile of leaves and slice thinly crosswise, then slice diagonally into 1 to 2 inch pieces.
• Chop onion and mushrooms and set aside.
• Combine beans and pasta sauce and set aside.
• Coat a large covered non-stick skillet or dutch oven (at least 5 quarts) with oil and add onion and mushrooms. Cook covered, stirring frequently until soft, adding small amounts of water as needed to prevent sticking.
• Add as many collard greens as will fit with a small amount of water if needed to prevent sticking. Cover and allow collards to wilt. Keep adding collards and mixing frequently until all have been added.
• Continue cooking, stirring frequently for about 5 to 7 minutes or until greens are tender but still nice and bright.
• Add black beans and pasta sauce to collard mixture and heat through.