Creamy Polenta With Mixed Greens
photo by mashed_tatties
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes, packed without oil
- 1⁄2 cup boiling water
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1 dash pepper
- 2 (16 ounce) cans chicken broth or (16 ounce) cans vegetable broth, divided
- 1 cup water
- olive oil
- 2 cups thin sliced onions
- 1 cup red bell pepper, strips
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 5 cups torn mixed greens (Kale, Swiss Chard, Rappini, Spinach, etc.)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
directions
- Combine tomatoes and boiling water.
- Let stand 30 minutes, drain and chop.
- Combine cornmeal and pinch of black pepper in saucepan.
- Gradually add 3 cups broth and 1 cup water, stirring continually with a whisk.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Remove polenta from heat and keep warm.
- Heat a large skillet over medium high heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil and saute onion and red pepper for about 10 minutes or until tender.
- Add tomatoes and garlic, cooking for 1 more minute.
- Add 1 cup broth and the greens.
- Cover and reduce heat to low, cooking 15 minutes or until greens are completely tender.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Spoon polenta into 4 plates and top with greens.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Since I like things spicy, I add some crushed red pepper to this recipe, or just shake on your favorite hot sauce.
- For Vegetarian use the vegetable broth only.
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I am not going to rate this because maybe something I did was wrong... or maybe that's just polenta. I used Arrowhead Mills organic cornmeal for this... but I thought it was very bland! I couldn't taste corn or anything, it was just there. The greens were yummy though! I had the leftover polenta with some salt, pepper and garlic on it for breakfast with fried eggs over it and sauteed spinach and mushrooms and that was very good!
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