Vegan Southern Collard Greens Recipes

VEGETARIAN SOUTHERN-STYLE COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Heat a little bit of oil in a large pot over medium to medium-high heat. Add the onion cut-side down and cook until charred.
• Add the vegetable stock, salt, garlic powder, black pepper, and red pepper flakes to the pot and bring to a boil.
• Add the cut collard greens to the vegetable broth, cover, and let simmer until nice and silky, anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours (or more).
• Add the vinegar, taste, and adjust the seasonings as you see fit. Serve.

VEGAN SOUTHERN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Coat a large deep skillet or pot with vegetable oil.
• Saute onions until almost tender over medium heat and then add in garlic.
• Cook until onion and garlic are fragrant, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add in vegetable broth.
• Season broth with smoked salt and red pepper flakes.
• Taste and adjust the seasonings if needed. Make sure it's to your liking because this is how your greens will taste.
• Bring to a simmer and reduce heat.
• Add in the greens. Green will wilt down as they cook.
• Simmer for 1 hr to 1 hr 30 mins. Do not boil. Add more vegetable broth if needed. May need more or less time so be sure to check them after 30-45 minutes. When done, greens will be dark green, tender and will not have a raw taste.
• Add in more smoked salt, black pepper, red pepper flakes and hot sauce, if desired. ( I always do!)
• Enjoy!
• Add hot sauce or vinegar if desired.

VEGAN SOUTHERN-STYLE COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan on medium-high. Add onion and cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Stir in garlic and cook for a minute. Add tomatoes, smoked paprika, thyme, salt and cook stirring for a minute.
• Stir in collard greens until wilted.
• Add liquid, cover saucepan and reduce to simmer for 30 minutes.

VEGETARIAN "SOUTHERN-STYLE" COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, heat oil and butter. Saute the onions until slightly softened, about 2 minutes, then add the red pepper flakes and garlic, cook another minute. Add collard greens and cook another minute. Add the vegetable stock, cover and bring to a simmer. Cook until greens are tender, about 40 minutes. Add tomatoes and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

VEGAN SOUTHERN GREENS

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add garlic and cook until it begins to brown, 1 to 2 minutes. Add kale and chard, a handful at a time; continue to cook, stirring often, until greens brighten, about 3 minutes.
• Add black-eyed peas, okra, and vegetable broth; stir until incorporated with greens. Add cumin, chili powder, brown sugar, cayenne, and salt; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes.
• Serve topped with sliced tomatoes and a squeeze of lemon juice.

VEGAN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Cut the stem off and devein each of the leaves then coarsely chop and rinse them thoroughly; set aside for now. Heat the oil in a pan. Chop the onion and add it to the pan along with the crushed garlic and cook until the onions are translucent. Add the greens to the pan just until the begin to wilt. In a separate container (I used a glass measuring cup) add the broth cubes along with two cups of hot water; hot enough to dissolve the cubes then whisk until dissolved. Place the greens mixture, along with the broth, and remaining ingredients in a crock pot on high for 3-4 hours.
• If you don't have a crockpot this can easily be done on the stove using any pot as long as it stays covered for the duration of the cooking period. Season with salt as desired and enjoy.
• *Note: the vinegar states 1 tbsp - 1/4 cup, this is just based on personal preference. I would start with 1 tbsp and add more if you feel like it isn't enough. The vegan bouillon cubes I used were Not Chick'n by Edward & Sons. They were purchased at Sprouts for relatively cheap, under $3, but there is also a brand called Imagine that makes a vegetarian No Chicken Broth in liquid form which I'm sure would work just fine. You would use 2 cups of that broth rather than dissolving the cubes into 2 cups of water.

VEGAN SOUTHERN COLLARD GREENS

Steps:

• Saute the onion and pepper in the olive oil until the onion is translucent (about 5 minutes). I usually do this and everything else in a large stock pot.
• Then add the garlic and cook for another minute.
• Mix in the bouillon, vegemite, bacon salt, salt and pepper and mix through to dissolve the Vegemite and bouillon.
• Add a little water to dilute the mixture and then add the collards over a medium high heat. You should probably add in batches so it wilts easier, but you can go ahead and add all of the collards and water and cover and let simmer to wilt.
• Once the collards have started to wilt and you make sure nothing is sticking to the bottom of the pot turn the stove to low or medium low and let cook covered for at least an hour or until the collards are as tender as you'd like. You may want to add water later if you would like more pot liquor for dipping cornbread.
• I've tried substituting white wine for some of the water and this is also a good variation, but there's more than enough flavor without it.