Greens don't need meat cooked with it to taste good; all it needs is some tender love and care with great seasoning selections and you won't even miss it...Promise!!
Ingredients:
Collard Greens (clean, remove most of the rib and cut)
Onions
Garlic
Smoked paprika
Sweet n' hot salad peppers
Liquid smoke
Chicken-less bouillon cubes
6 Ways to Add Smoky, Meaty Flavor to Your Meals without Using Bacon or Ham
1. Liquid smoke
The potent liquid is made from distilled hickory or mesquite smoke—and you only need a drop or two to add instant depth to meatless chilis, marinades, and homemade vegetable.
2. Smoked paprika
Plain paprika has almost no flavor. But the smoked stuff—which is rich, earthy, and delicious—is a totally different story. It's traditionally used in Spanish dishes like chorizo and paella, but it makes almost anything taste better.
3. Veggie bacon
Eggplant, shiitake mushrooms, carrot and tempeh all make awesome meat-free bacon substitutes when you soak thin slices in a smoky marinade and bake them until crisp.
4. Dark beer
The smoky sweetness in porters and stouts is amazing in sauces and marinades.
5. Blackstrap molasses
The dark syrup is richer and less sweet than regular molasses, and it's exactly what you need to add robust smokiness to barbecue sauces or even savory baked goods like cornbread or beer bread. Bonus: Unlike other sweeteners, this one isn't nutritionally worthless. A tablespoon of blackstrap molasses delivers 20% of your daily iron and almost 10% of your daily calcium and magnesium.
6. Smoked salt
Use it as a finishing salt to up the savory deliciousness of almost anything you can imagine: soups, roasted vegetables, dips and spreads, whatever. Anything the stuff touches automatically tastes like it came out of a pit master's smoker.
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Enjoy!