‘Genius Greens’ with chilli and bacon

Name: ‘Genius Greens’ with chilli and bacon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; a bunch or bag of spring greens, tough stalks removed, leaves roughly sliced; 1 tsp garlic purée (or 2 chopped garlic cloves); 1 tsp garlic purée (or 2 chopped garlic cloves); 1 red chilli, chopped; 4 rashers of streaky bacon, chopped; 2 tbsp olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

Eat, Sleep, Rave, Reheat

By Chris Stark

Published 2020

About

I always thought spring greens were the epitome of boring, so I added a little life to them by stir-frying them with chilli and bacon. This will work with any cabbage or spinach.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
4 rashers of streaky bacon, chopped
1 red chilli, chopped

Side dish
Gluten-free
Spring

Method

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the bacon and fry for a few minutes until just starting to turn crisp and golden.
Add the chilli and garlic to the frying pan and stir for 1 minute. Add the spring greens and stir for about 5 minutes, shaking the pan to get them well mixed in with the bacon, until they are just starting to wilt – don’t ov