Southern Style-Polk Salad with Scrambled Eggs and Bacon

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5 from 1 vote

Classic Southern-style poke greens with scrambled eggs and bacon. Serve it with hot pepper vinegar on the side.

Prep Time30

Cook Time7

Total Time37

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American, Southern

Keyword: poke sallet and eggs

Servings: servings

Calories: 333kcal

Author: Alan Bergo

Cost: 5

Equipment

1 3 gallon pot for blanching
1 1 gallon pot
10 inch cast iron skillet

Ingredients

4 oz Sliced bacon I prefer homemade bacon
4 tablespoons bacon grease saved from rendering bacon
1 lb Poke salad greens (2 cups after boiling and squeezing dry)
4-6 large eggs
Kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper
Hot sauce or hot pepper vinegar to taste

Instructions

Prepare the poke

Have a large pot filled with enough water to fill a smaller, 1 gallon pot 3 times.
Bring both pots of water to a boil. Add the poke greens and stems to the smaller pot. Cover and bring to a boil and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Drain the greens, then fill the pot with fresh boiling water, cover bring to a boil again. Repeat the process one more time.
Drain the greens and rinse with cold water and squeeze dry.
If you use large, peeled pokeweed shoots they can be boiled in one change of water for 8 minutes instead of the triple boil.

Bacon and Eggs

Add the bacon to a cold cast iron skillet and cook over medium heat until the fat is rendered and the bacon is crisp. Drain the fat off and reserve.
Add the cooked poke to the pan and mix with the bacon, adding roughly 3 tablespoons of bacon fat. Cook for a few minutes on medium heat until the water has evaporated.
Push the greens and bacon to the side of the pan. If the pan looks dry, add a little more bacon grease. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Crack the eggs in the pan and break them up with a spatula.
Cook, stirring the eggs only for a minute or two. When the eggs are just cooked, turn the heat off and stir the eggs into the greens and bacon.
Serve with hot pepper vinegar on the side, sorghum molasses, or anything else you like.

Notes

While poke greens are the most traditional, this recipe is great with many leafy greens. Feel free to substitute your favorites if you don't have access to poke.

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