Recipe: Bacon Seasoned Collard Greens

For an old-fashioned Southern flavor, substitute salt pork for the bacon.

Ingredients
8 ounces thick-sliced bacon, cut into ½ inch pieces
1 large yellow onion (approximately 1½ cups) thinly sliced
3 pounds fresh collard greens, finely chopped
Salt substitute to taste
⅛ teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon Splenda®
⅓ cup vinegar
Generous shakes of black pepper
Crushed red pepper as desired
3 tablespoons minced garlic

Preparation·Fry the bacon until it is crisp in a large heavy pot. Remove the bacon and set it aside.
·Sauté the onion until it is translucent in the bacon grease.
·Add the collard greens, salt substitute, baking soda, black pepper, and red pepper to the onions; sauté for 10 minutes or until they are tender.
·Add the vinegar and sweetener.
·If the collards need more tenderization, add water in small increments and continue to cook.
·Immediately before serving, crumble the bacon and stir it into the collards.

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