Southern Living Quick Collards with Prosciutto
- 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
- 2 pounds collard greens or kale, mustard greens, stemmed, washed in 2 or 3 changes of clean water, and coarsely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes or to taste
- 1 ounces prosciutto sliced across grain into thin strips
- 1 tablespoons olive oil or other vegetable oil
- 13 cup chicken broth, low salt or vegetable broth, up to 1/2 cup
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- To blanch collards:
- Bring 2 quarts water to boil in a large deep saute pan.
- Add salt and collards, stir until wilted.
- Cover and cook until greens are just tender, 6 to 8 minutes.
- Drain in colander.
- Rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process.
- Gather handful of greens, lift out of water, and squeeze until only droplets fall from them.
- Repeat with remaining greens.
- Roughly chop each bunch of greens.
- Set aside.
- To prepare:
- Heat the oil in the skillet over medium heat, add garlic, red pepper flakes and prosciutto stirring until the prosciutto starts to become crisp.
- Stir in blanched collards, stirring to coat evenly with oil.
- Add 13 cup stock, cover and cook over medium-high heat, stirring in more stock during cooking if needed.
- Until collards are tender and juicy and most of stock has been absorbed about 4 to 6 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add the lemon zest and toss.
- Serve warm.
salt, collard greens, garlic, red pepper, olive oil, chicken broth, lemon zest
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/southern-living-quick-collards--51457 (may not work)