Southern Style Pressure Cooker Collard Greens Recipe (2024)

These Southern Style Pressure Cooker Collard Greens are flavorful, tender, and cooked in half the time than the stove top method. Now you can enjoy collard greens any day of the week!

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If you live in the South, then you know all about the amazing way collard greens are cooked down here. For me, southern style collard greens are like a dream come true. In fact, it’s a must item I have to have on my Thanksgiving plate. I avoided making it at home for the longest time because of how long the process was of making the greens.

First, it took so much time to do the soaking and washing. Then, it took hours of cooking it on the stove to make sure they were tender. Then, there’s the smell…that good ol’ stinky collard greens smell. Yea, these were the reasons why I avoided cooking collards at home for the longest.

But the Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker came to the rescue and now I can make collards in less than an hour! I’m sharing my one pot collard green recipe that can be made with little to no effort while you prepare the rest of your dinner. Lookout Thanksgiving, my collards are going to be the easiest thing you make.

Why you should eat more Collard Greens

Collard greens are full of many essential vitamins and they’ve been noted as one of the vegetables that can aid in the prevention of cancer. You can read more about all the great health benefits ofhere.

Also, collard greens are delicious when prepared right and are a great way to introduce kids to vegetables. My 10 year old loves these southern style collard greens so I make them quite often.

Fresh or bagged Collards, which to use?

I’ve made this recipe with both fresh collard greens (the ones that require all that soaking and washing) and the collard greens you find in a bag in the store. Guess what the difference was? Absolutely nothing…except the price and convenience. The bag was about 2 dollars more than what I spend on the fresh collards but it was so much more convenient. No longer will I take hours and hours to wash my collard greens.

If you want to use fresh collards, you can read more about cleaning themhere.Or you can be like me and BUY THE BAG.

What makes these pressure cooker Collard Greens so Flavorful?

That good ol’ turkey leg. I like to add a fully cooked smoked turkey leg to the Instant Pot Pressure Cooker. You can find these in any grocery store. It brings so much flavor to the collards. I don’t even add salt when I prepare this recipe. It’s just not needed.

How long to cook collard greens in the Pressure Cooker

I prepared this recipe in my 6qt Instant Pot electricpressure cooker. The pressure cook time for this recipe as written is 35 minutes. That is the perfect amount of time to allow the turkey leg meat to fall off the bone and to have the collards soften without turning to mush. If preparing this recipe without the turkey leg, adjust the pressure cook time to 25 minutes.

Cooking collard greens in your pressure cooker is so easy it should be done more often.

You can also make delicious collard greens in the Slow Cooker.

Looking for more Side Dishes? Try these out:

• Instant Pot Cabbage
• Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes
• Instant Pot Corn on the Cob (Cheddar and Sour Cream Flavored)
• Instant Pot White Cheddar Pasta
• Corn Soufflé
• Creamy Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
• Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes
• Black-eyed Peas
• Vegan collard greens

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