At Leon's "World's Finest" In & Out B-B-Q House on Galveston Island, they serve tender ribs and tangy sauce with sensational Southern-style vegetables. "It's all in the seasoning," says Leon. Here's his recipe for turnip greens.
Ingredients
Makes 4 servings
Step 1
Wash the greens in several changes of water in the sink until no more grit is seen. Chop the greens coarsely. Bring a large pot of water to boil and add the greens, the turnip, and the sugar. Cook for 12 to 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain.
Step 2
In a large skillet, sauté the bacon until it gives up its grease. Add the onion and cook 7 minutes until the onion is soft. Toss the greens with the bacon and onion. Add the lemon pepper and salt. Serve with Louisiana hot-pepper sauce.
Variation:
Step 3
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Reviews (17)
Back to TopOh my GAAAAAWWDD!!! This recipe is to die for! Funny thing though, I thought I had received a 'bunch' of turnips (greens with roots) in my delivery box, so I found this recipe, and while peeling the roots, realized they were actually golden beets instead! I proceeded with the recipe, as it was dinner time, and they turned out so good, I mixed in the chicken strips I had sautéed, to lend the flavor to them as well! Who knew beet greens would be so delicious! I skipped the lemon pepper...didn't need it. Used a little ground pepper instead. Don't over cook the bacon right off! And don't over cook the greens or they will be soggy! Cheers!
gmaurice
San Clemente, CA
2/18/2016
I used extra bacon and onions and added olive oil too. I didn't have lemon pepper so I just used fresh ground black pepper. I also bought a big bag of turnip greens at a warehouse club so I didn't have any turnips to add.
gladysbaby
Virginia Beach, VA
9/6/2013
I added extra olive oil to the greens.
gladysbaby
Virginia Beach, VA
9/6/2013
I picked up some spring turnips this morning from our Farmer's Market and wanted to try a traditional Southern recipe. This was good, but the greens were soggy. I followed the exact recipe...Any recommendations?
gwendtland
Bartlesville, OK
6/1/2013
Used cut up pieces of country ham instead of bacon, and omitted the lemon pepper, instead just using salt and pepper. This was absolutely delicious...even a friend who had never tried turnip greens liked this.
akarena
12/5/2011
Leftovers? What leftovers? This was excellent!
LovemyDacor
3/28/2011
Wow. We had never had turnips greens before, but I wanted to try them when we got a big bunch of turnips from our CSA this week. We left out the bacon and used freshly grated lemon zest with lots of pepper (didn't have lemon pepper on hand), and this was awesome. My husband wants to keep all the leftovers to himself for his lunch on Monday!
lmsmd
6/13/2010
After almost throwing away the greens from the turnips that came in my organic produce box, I decided to keep them and look for a recipe instead. Am I glad I did! This was fabulous, made almost exactly as written although I sauteed bacon and onion for about 5 extra minutes and mixed lemon zest with pepper as I didn't have any pre-made lemon pepper. Served over brown rice for dinner!
laellekoch
tacoma, wa
1/26/2010
As mentioned by other reviewers, I tried this as a last-ditch effort to redeem heretofore mysterious turnip greens from the compost (I'm a Northeastern girl, whaddo I know??). My veggie-and-particularly-greens- averse husband loved them. Of course, he loves pretty much anything involving bacon grease and hot sauce. Anyway, I recommend and will make again if ever confronted by turnip greens.
Anonymous
New Haven, CT
10/25/2009
Easy and delicious! Greens are never going into the compost bin again.
brindell
Boulder, CO
7/3/2009
simple, easy and great for those green tops. I left out the bacon and used lemon and pepper. There are some really good flavors in this recipe!
kcauley
12/8/2008
We belong to a CSA and had turnip greens that we were going to compsost till we found this recipe. We used some of our organic farm fresh onions, with a high quality cured bacon. The dish smelled so good we could hardly wait for it to be done. The louisanna hot sauce added yet another dimension with it's tangy spicyness Perfectly delicious!
Heidi4
10/13/2008
I also bought my turnips at the Farmers' market, so I followed another reviewer's tip and included the stems as well as leaves. I followed the recipe as written and the result was pure comfort food. The seasonings are excellent and this was a fairly easy recipe!
Anonymous
Buffalo, NY
10/27/2006
I had never used lemon pepper before, but as its main ingredient is salt, this dish came out WAY too salty, with the 1 T of lemon pepper and no added salt. Too much bacon for my taste, also. Next time I'll stick to just sauteeing my greens with a little olive oil and garlic!
Anonymous
Austin, TX
3/13/2006
I made this with Kolrabi and it's greens. We loved it. I will definately make this again with turnips.
Anonymous
Columbus, OH
3/11/2006
