Fumbling Toward Culinary Talent: Mustard Greens

I was in my local supermarket the other day, and I thought about how I like collard greens and turnip greens. But then I thought about how I don't make mustard greens much because I only had them once because they had a funky taste to them for some reason. 

I thought I'd do mustard greens myself. 

So I did. Here's the recipe.

Ingredients:

1 bunch of mustard greens from your local supermarket or farmer's market, cut into medium-size pieces, large stems removed

half of a slab of bacon, cut into smaller pieces

Smidge of red pepper flakes

Smidge of Penzey's Cajun seasoning

Salt and pepper to taste

4 cups of water

Process:

I fried up the bacon in a Dutch oven till they were little golden brown nuggets of porcine goodness and then transferred/drained them on a plate with a paper towel. After getting rid of the excess bacon grease, I dropped a good bit of the mustard greens into the Dutch oven on medium-low heat to let it mop up the crustiness on the bottom of the pan. 

After the greens had cooked a bit ~ maybe five minutes ~ I put in the rest of the greens and added four cups of water into the pot. Then I added the drained bacon nuggets, red pepper flakes, cajun seasoning, salt, and cracked black pepper. Partially cover on low heat for about an hour and a half, and you have tasty mustard greens with smoky, spicy potlikker.