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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes |
Ready In: 40 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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If you want an old Southern dish this would have to be it. I remember when I wwas a little bitty girl my parents and grandparents with me in tow going to look for poke salad greens. They thought it was just the best thing ever. Read more . As a little girl you could not get me to taste it but as I got older I got braver and boy was this stuff good. I asked around to all my older relatives to see if any of them remembered how Mamma or Grandma cooked it and this is the result I got. Ingredients:
2 lbs. poke leaves, stems removed, leaves washed and rinsed |
1/2 lb. bacon, fried and drippings saved. |
1 large bunches of green onions, roughly chopped |
Directions:
1. Bring the leaves to a boil in a large pot, allow to cook for about 15 minutes.
2. Drain the water from the pot and refill the pot with fresh water.
3. Bring the pot to a boil again and allow to cook for about 15 minutes. or until the leaves turn an olive green color.
4. Drain the leaves and rinse with cold water.
5. Squeeze the water from the leaves like you would do with spinach, return leaves to pot.
6. Pour the bacon drippings onto the leaves and add the onions.
7. Cover and allow to cook until the onions are very tender, then serve.
8. Keep the bacon for a later use in another dish of your choice.
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