Description
A comforting dish featuring smoked turkey leg and tender turnip greens, perfect for a hearty meal.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 smoked turkey leg
- 1 medium yellow onion (finely diced)
- 1 green bell pepper (finely diced)
- 4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 3 lbs turnip greens (6 small to medium bunches)
- 1/3 cup neutral oil
- 1 1/2 tsp seasoning salt
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
Instructions
- In a large pot with a tight-fitting lid, add 2 cups of water and chicken stock. Add turkey leg and heat over medium heat and cook for 30 minutes until the liquid is a golden color and has been imparted with the turkey leg’s flavor.
- Meanwhile, thoroughly clean greens in a sink full of warm water. Pull the leaves from the stems. Combine the leaves in small stacks, then roll them like a cigar and cut the crosswise into 1 inch wide pieces, leaving you with strips of leaves. Discard the stems.
- To the pot, add the diced onion, bell pepper, half of the turnip greens, and all the oil. Cover with lid and allow first batch to cook down for ten minutes. The greens will reduce down by half.
- Stir in seasoning salt, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, brown sugar, red pepper flakes and remaining greens.
- Stir consistently, making sure to break up any packed greens and turn the lighter, less cooked greens to the bottom. Cook until greens are slick and tender, about 50-55 minutes. You may need to add more water to the cooking liquid; you want the greens to braise, not fry (this will help create a delicious pot likker).
- Most of the meat will have fallen off the bone, but shred any remaining large pieces and stir back into the greens and serve.
Notes
- This dish is excellent with cornbread on the side for soaking up the flavorful pot likker.
- Feel free to adjust the spice levels according to your taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Braising
- Cuisine: Southern
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 8g
- Protein: 20g
- Cholesterol: 70mg