Name: Turnip Roots And Greens Recipe
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Mexican

How to make Turnip Roots And Greens Recipe

Pati Jinich

Crawler

Mexican

Non Vegetarian

Semi dry country style link sausage removed from casings

Olive oil

Water

Turnip roots with their greens attached

Salt

Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and 1 tablespoon olive oil. Cook until the sausage starts to brown. Pour in the water, cover, and bring it up to a boil. Cook for 15 minutes.

step 1

Meanwhile, wash the roots and greens thoroughly. If youre using purple top or another variety of large turnip, separate the roots from the greens and cut the roots into quarters. If youre using hakureis, you can leave them whole.

step 2

Make sure you still have 2 quarts of water in the saucepan and add the roots and greens at the same time. They will not be completely submerged right away, but check back in a minute or two and stir things around. The greens will have cooked down, and both the roots and greens should be submerged in the cooking liquid. If they are not, add just enough water to barely cover them.

step 3

Simmer covered for about 10-15 minutes. Youre looking for the roots to be quite tender and the greens to be soft. Once theyre done, drain off all but 1/2 cup pot liquour is the life-fixing chicken soup of the south.

step 4

Add the salt. If you have a collard chopper, roughly work through the roots, greens and sausage. The end product aint gonna be pretty, but it is delicious. If you dont have a collard chopper, get one, and use a large fork in the meantime. Serve warm.

Turnip Roots And Greens Recipe

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