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Okay so the wife and I had our 43rd anniversary and decided to do a road trip and check out Vivian Howard's new version of the chef and the farmer. It was wonderful we went mid-afternoon on Saturday so it was pretty slow. Anyway we ordered the root vegetables and fried collards for advertiser stuff along with the sandwiches. Long story short I decided to make the crispy collards for tomorrow and found the recipe about baking them at 275 and I got to tell you these collard chips are smoking good! Only used kosher salt red pepper flakes and olive oil after spinning the torn leaves de-ribbed and baked at 275 for 20 minutes.
I'm going to make a bushel of them for New Year's day!IMG_20241224_201244081.jpg
 
Heelsandeers said:
Very easy, almost foolproof

I didnā€™t have any animal fat for searing (just used a neutral oil) but that would make them next level
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You can now buy containers of bacon grease at the store, fwiw. It comes in handy sometimes. My wife likes to put a dollop in her green beans.
 
finesse said:
You can now buy containers of bacon grease at the store, fwiw. It comes in handy sometimes. My wife likes to put a dollop in her green beans.
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My wife likes to save the bacon grease, but we never really use it. Maybe I can put it to use with this.
 
finesse said:
Where and when I grew up ,bacon grease was a condiment. You used it for flavor in vegetables and it's still the best thing to fry eggs or baloney in. A little bit in onions when you saute them for burgers is good, too.
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My mother, a transplanted yankee, learned this trick from her first next door neighbor, a southern girl from down east somewhere. I've done like you and use pretty much the same. Sort of panic when the bacon grease gets low and go out a buy some bacon to fry up.

ETA and as per @finesse You can't call yourself a good cook unless you throw in some grease with green beans. We all know god created those to go with each other.
 
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finesse said:
You can now buy containers of bacon grease at the store, fwiw. It comes in handy sometimes. My wife likes to put a dollop in her green beans.
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I had pork fat from carnitas and pozole but not the flavor I was going for. Tallow or chicken fat wouldā€™ve been good
 
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