Beet Greens
Beet Greens

Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, beet greens. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Both beet greens and beet roots can provide you with outstanding nourishment. Beet greens are standard fare at most farmers' markets right now, and beets are increasingly available with their greens in supermarkets—well, some supermarkets. Beet greens are young, leafy tops of the beetroot plant.

Beet Greens is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Beet Greens is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have beet greens using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Beet Greens:
  1. Make ready 1 bunch beet greens
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp bacon grease
  3. Take 1/4 cup sliced onion
  4. Get 2 clove garlic, thinly sliced
  5. Take 1 salt to taste
  6. Take 2 slice bacon, cooked and crumbled

This feature requires Flash player to be installed in your Footnotes for Beet greens, raw. Beets are a root vegetable with both the root portion and the leaves being used for food. The young tender beet greens can be steamed, boiled or sauteed. Rinse greens, removing any large stems, and set aside.

Steps to make Beet Greens:
  1. Cut the beets off the greens. Wash the leaves twice to make sure there is no grit. Tear the leaves up in bite sized pieces and cut the stems into bite sized pieces.
  2. Over medium heat, saute onions in Bacon grease. Sprinkle with a little salt. Cook until soft, about 3 minutes.
  3. Add sliced garlic and stems. Cook, stirring occasionally, until stems are tender, about 6 minutes.
  4. Add leaves, toss immediately with tongs. Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, adding a tablespoon or so of water if needed. Cook until leaves are wilted, 5-10 minutes.
  5. Add Bacon and toss. Serve.
  6. This recipe and method can be used with practically any green. I have used it for kale, collards, and red swiss chard. Delicious every time.

Beet greens are considered part of the "green leafy" types and considered a great source of dietary fiber that has high elevated levels of Vitamin A, E and C. It is often substituted in recipes were spinach. This Beet Greens Kootu is like preparing any other greens/vegetable kootu. It's very simple to prepare and goes well with both rice and chapatis. We're happy to see that many grocery stores are now selling beets and turnips with their leaves attached.

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