Bourbon Collard Greens

I finally found a way to combine bourbon and collard greens, which is great, because they were in my veggie bag this week. True, there were other recipes, but this recipe is considerably healthier. I like my bourbon, so this recipe has a full cup. The alcohol cooks out of the greens because of the heat, but if you would rather make a less colorful dish, you can trim the bourbon down to 1/2 or 1/4 a cup. 

Ingredients:

3            turkey bacon slices

¼ tsp      butter

1 c          sliced onions

1             garlic clove

¼ tsp      balsamic vinegar

2T          apple cider vinegar

1 c          bourbon

10c         fresh collards, sliced into ribbons

Sea salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Heat large saucepan on medium high heat. Coat with non-stick spray. Cook turkey bacon slices until crisp, then remove slices. Do not clean turkey bacon drippings out the pan…it will hardly be any bacon oils anyway. Drop the butter and onion slices into pan. Sauté until onions are tender then place garlic clove in pan. Cook 1 minute. Add remaining ingredients. Stir the collards until they wilt. Crumble bacon into collards. Reduce heat to medium and cook 20-25 more minutes. 

Enjoy!

Final meal (Restaurant-style steak, turnip root gratin and my Bourbon greens!):