This post was created in partnership with Ninja® Cooking System with Auto-iQ™. I received complimentary products and compensation to facilitate my review, but all opinions within are my own.
These Slow Cooker Collard Greens with Bacon is one of those easy recipes that will have your reaching for your crock pot time and again. A great Southern style side dish for the holidays or New Years.
When things get busy this time of year, I find myself reaching for my slow cooker on a regular basis.
This year, I upgraded my slow cooker to a multi cooker, and it I am finding myself using it daily.
I am completely in love with the Ninja® Cooking System with Auto-iQ™. When I first heard about it, I thought it was just a fancy slow cooker. It is actually four appliances in one!
It works as a slow cooker, a stovetop for searing and sauteing, a steamer and an oven. I love how I can use multiple functions on one appliance and end up with fewer dishes to take care of!
(Can I get a hooray for fewer dishes?! Plus, it cleans up so quickly.)
For those days when I’m not in the mood to cook, the Auto-iQ™ Technology features more than 80 pre-programmed recipes. The cookbook that comes with it serves as your guide – you just select a recipe number, add the ingredients and let Auto-iQ™ do all the work! You can choose from quick and easy meals, grains, poached infusions and layered bowls.
Very often I find myself using the Ninja® Cooking System with Auto-iQ™ by starting by searing meat on the stove top and then finishing the dish in the slow cooker. That is what I did with these Slow Cooker Collard Greens.
I love the slow cooker – it makes your slow cooker recipes a snap. Ninja’s Triple Fusion Heat® brings bottom, side, and steam heat together for easy one-pot meals. (Most slow cooker’s heat only from the side.) It has ACCUTEMP temperature control that makes sure your meals cook evenly and don’t boil over.
The baking function lets you control temperatures between 250°–425°F so that you can bake a roast and steam bake bread and cakes.
The Ninja® Cooking System with Auto-iQ™ makes a fabulous holiday gift – either for yourself or someone you love. It is a gift that is sure to get used.
If You Like these Slow Cooker Collard Greens You May Also Like:
- Garlic Roasted Broccoli
- Slow Cooker Ratatouille
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Quinoa Crumbs
- Broiled Parmesan Tomatoes
These Slow Cooker Collard Greens with Bacon is one of those easy recipes that will have your reaching for your crock pot time and again. A great Southern style side dish for the holidays or New Years.
- 8 ounces turkey bacon or bacon of choice, chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 8 cups chicken broth
- 1 pound collard greens washed, trimmed and chopped
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
- 1 teaspoon celery seeds
- 1 teaspoon honey or sweetener of choice
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Spray your Ninja® Cooking System with Auto-iQ™ with cooking spray and set to Stovetop, High. Cook bacon for 5 minutes. Add onion and cook 8 more minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute.
- Add chicken broth, collard greens, apple cider vinegar, Old Bay seasoning, celery seeds, honey, crushed red pepper flakes, black pepper and sea salt. Stir and change mode to slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
That looks delicious! I love collard greens. They are delicious, and they’re so good for you. I can’t wait to give this a try. Om nom nom.
I have to make this! You know, I love greens, but I’ve never had collard greens. I can’t wait to try these. They look delicious.
I love collard greens! they’re so flavorful and very good for you. I’ll bookmark this recipe to make soon!
It is amazing the things you can make in a slow cooker, I really should get more adventurous with mine. This sounds like a delicious healthy meal.
This looks really good! I’ve never had collard greens.
I am always looking for new slow cooker recipes! I dont use mine near as much as I could or would like too!
The slow cooker sounds cool! I would love yummy and easy food with fewer dishes while preparing. lol! I would love to try your recipes!
This recipe sounds delicious. I do love my greens, except I’ve never had collard greens before. I’m up for giving it a try.
Wendy, thanks for all you do. Your generosity radiates throughout.
I have never made collard greens in the slow cooker! This is such a great idea and I will definitely be trying it.
I am so thankful for slow cookers! They make cooking so much easier for us all. And the flavor is really good in the dishes as well. At least that’s what I think! This recipe’s something that I’d love to try!
I love using my slow cooker but I’ve never tried preparing this recipe yet. I love collard greens so I will definitely give this a try soon. Thanks for the recipe!
Collard greens are one of my absolute favorite foods, but can you believe I’ve never tried them in a slow cooker? I’m out of the country now, but you can bet that as soon as I get home I’m going to give this recipe a try.
Oh, That looks soo good! I know that Collard Greens are popular in the USA, but I have never tasted them.