Trade up your traditional stuffed cabbage for stuffed collards made with whole grain bulgur and lean ground turkey. Finished with a bit of smoked salt for an added Southern flavor, this dish is bright and flavorful and can be made ahead and frozen.

Stuffed Collard Greens
Servings
Ingredients
Sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 28-oz. can crushed tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked salt
Filling
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 medium red pepper chopped
- 1 teaspoon smoked salt
- Pepper to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh sage or 1 teaspoon ground
- 1 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 cup bulgur soaked in 2 1/2 cups boiling chicken broth or water
- 1 bunch collards about 12-14 leaves, stalks discarded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
Sauce
- Sauté the onion in oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, until soft- ened. Stir in crushed tomatoes, brown sugar, vinegar, smoked salt, pepper and chicken stock. Simmer 15 minutes.
Filling
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bot- tomed sauté pan over medium- high heat. Add the ground turkey and chop and brown. Add the garlic, onion and bell pepper. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Season the meat with smoked salt, pepper, cayenne, sage and coriander.
- Add the bulgur soaked in broth and mix thoroughly, letting broth reduce until there is no moisture left in the pan. Taste and adjust seasoning.
Collard Rolls
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook collards for 1 minute and then drain and rinse with cold water.
- Lay a collard leaf out on a flat surface and add 1⁄4 cup of the mixture, fold both sides into the center and the top and bottom over the center. Roll into a cylinder and repeat with remaining leaves. If there are any remaining leaves, cut and add to sauce.
- Pour 1/2-inch layer of sauce into a 9×13 inch casserole and lay rolls seam-side down. Pour remaining sauce over top. Bake 40 minutes.











Sorry there was a typo. It has been fixed.
In the recipe, I have a question.
under “Filling” there is a line,
1 medium red 1 teaspoon smoked salt, chopped
FORGIVE ME, BUT I CAN’T INTERPRET THIS???
1 medium WHAT?
These are delicious! I could not find smoked salt and I was confused about instructions 1 tsp. Red and smoked salt. So I just used 1/2 tsp red pepper instead.I made this recipe vegan. I used 16 oz. Lightlife sausage flavored “gimme lean” instead of turkey. I figured the sausage flavoring would make it smokey anyway. This recipe is a deffinat keeper. My family wants it again. Susan
Would like to try this went to 3 stores no one has smoked salt what is it and is there a substitute for it