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Quick Southern-Style Turnip Greens with Crisp Salt Pork
Tender turnip greens are simmered with savory browned salt pork and a little onion for a simple, deeply flavored Southern side. The greens cook quickly while retaining a pleasantly rustic texture and rich pot-liquor flavor.
Ingredients
- • 1 bunch turnip greens
- • 2 oz salt pork, rinsed and diced
- • 2 tbsp water
- • 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- • Salt, to taste
Method
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- Discard discolored or tough leaves, wash the turnip greens thoroughly, drain them, and tear them into bite-size pieces.
- Rinse the salt pork and dice it into small pieces.
| 2 oz salt pork, rinsed and diced | render pork | soften onion | braise greens | season and serve |
| 1/4 cup finely chopped onion | ||||
| 1 bunch turnip greens | ||||
| 2 tbsp water | ||||
| Salt, to taste |
1 render pork 1 ingredient
Cook the diced salt pork in a medium pot over medium heat until browned, crisp, and rendered.
- 2 oz salt pork, rinsed and diced
2 soften onion 1 ingredient
Add the chopped onion to the crisp salt pork and rendered fat, then cook until softened, about 2 to 3 minutes.
From: render pork
- 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
3 braise greens 2 ingredients
Add the turnip greens and water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until the greens are tender, about 15 minutes.
From: soften onion
- 1 bunch turnip greens
- 2 tbsp water
4 season and serve 1 ingredient
Taste the cooked greens and add salt only as needed before serving hot.
From: braise greens
- Salt, to taste
- 1
render pork
Cook the diced salt pork in a medium pot over medium heat until browned, crisp, and rendered.
2 oz salt pork, rinsed and diced
- 2
soften onion
Add the chopped onion to the crisp salt pork and rendered fat, then cook until softened, about 2 to 3 minutes.
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
- 3
braise greens
Add the turnip greens and water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until the greens are tender, about 15 minutes.
1 bunch turnip greens; 2 tbsp water
- 4
season and serve
Taste the cooked greens and add salt only as needed before serving hot.
Salt, to taste
Text instructions
Discard discolored or tough leaves, wash the turnip greens thoroughly, drain them, and tear them into bite-size pieces.
Rinse the salt pork and dice it into small pieces.
Cook the diced salt pork in a medium pot over medium heat until browned, crisp, and rendered.
Add the chopped onion to the crisp salt pork and rendered fat, then cook until softened, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the turnip greens and water, cover, and cook over medium-low heat until the greens are tender, about 15 minutes.
Taste the cooked greens and add salt only as needed before serving hot.
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