Poke Salad
From tnacndn 16 years ago
- 40 minutes to make
- Serves 8
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. See less
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. poke leaves, stems removed, leaves washed and rinsed shopping list
- 1/2 lb. bacon, fried and drippings saved. shopping list
- 1 large bunches of green onions, roughly chopped shopping list
How to make it
- Bring the leaves to a boil in a large pot, allow to cook for about 15 minutes.
- Drain the water from the pot and refill the pot with fresh water.
- Bring the pot to a boil again and allow to cook for about 15 minutes. or until the leaves turn an olive green color.
- Drain the leaves and rinse with cold water.
- Squeeze the water from the leaves like you would do with spinach, return leaves to pot.
- Pour the bacon drippings onto the leaves and add the onions.
- Cover and allow to cook until the onions are very tender, then serve.
- Keep the bacon for a later use in another dish of your choice.
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