Easy Greens
 
 
Serves: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 Tbsp peanut oil (or whatever oil you have around)
  • 1½? long knob of fresh ginger, peeled (here’s how to peel it) & sliced into coins then into tiny matchsticks
  • 1 or 2 fresh green chiles, chopped*
  • 2 tsp brown mustard seeds
  • A big shallot or small onion, cut into rings
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 bunches greens, washed and cut crosswise into long ribbons (Don’t dry them–the remaining moisture will help steam them. Include the stems! Keep the varieties separate).
  • Juice of half a lime
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a wide pan with a lid over medium-high heat. When it’s hot, add the ginger, chile, mustard seeds, and onion. Cook, stirring, till the onion is beginning to brown, then add the toughest of your greens** along with a big pinch of salt. Stir them around, then cover and let cook till it’s time to add the next batch of greens. Continue cooking, covered, till everything’s done to your liking. Take off the heat, taste for salt, and mix in the lime juice.
Notes
If you only like a little bit of heat, use a jalapeno, but scrape out its seeds and white ribs and mince it. If you want four stars, use a couple of Serrano peppers and slice them into rings, leaving in the seeds.
*I added the greens sequentially in order of how long I thought they would take to be cooked to my liking. I added the collards first, giving them 10 minutes total. I thought the chard would be done after 4 minutes, so I added it 6 minutes after the collards. Turnip and mustard greens will take about the same time as chard. If I had been using spinach, I would have only given it about 1½ minutes.
Recipe by Eating Made Easy at https://eating-made-easy.com/quick-and-easy-greens/