Hearty Collard, Sausage, Bean Ragout
 
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Recipe type: Entree
Serves: 4-5
Ingredients
  • 4 links sweet Italian (or your favorite flavor) turkey or chicken sausage, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp olive oil
  • ½ onion (or 1 small), chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 Tbsp sugar
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp freshly ground pepper
  • 1 ½ tsps hot sauce (Sriracha works great here!)
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 to 1 ½ lb collards (1 bunch)
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 can northern beans, rinsed and drained
Instructions
  1. Wash collards and strip leaves away from stems. Discard stems.
  2. Slice leaves into 1 inch wide by 2 inch long strips.
  3. Heat oil in a 5-6 quart pot on medium heat.
  4. Add sausage and brown on edges.
  5. Add onion and cook until translucent.
  6. Add salt, pepper, sugar, hot sauce and garlic and cook until garlic aroma comes.
  7. Add vinegar, raise heat a bit, and simmer until liquid is reduced by half, scraping up any brown bits in pan.
  8. Add chicken broth and collard greens and bring to a simmer.
  9. Reduce heat to medium low, cover and simmer about 35 min until greens have lost their bright green color.
  10. Add beans and simmer 10 minutes more.
  11. Season if desired with additional hot sauce or serve hot sauce on the side if you have a group with varied heat preferences.
  12. Divide ragout between shallow bowls and add some of pot liquid.
Recipe by Savory Nature at http://savorynature.com/2013/10/17/hearty-collard-sausage-bean-ragout/