Collard Greens and Sweet Potato Soup
The Buttered Home
by Brooke Burks, 2025 Sweet Grown Alabama Ambassador
December 17, 2025
Ingredients:
- 1.5 pounds lean Sweet Grown Alabama ground beef
- 4 cups fresh Sweet Grown Alabama collard greens, chopped
- 4 cups beef broth low sodium
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp smoked paprika
- 2 tsp cajun seasoning
- 1 can black eyed peas drained and rinsed
- 1 medium sweet pepper diced
- 2 medium Sweet Grown Alabama sweet potatoes diced
- 1/2 Sweet Grown Alabama onion diced
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
Directions:
- In a large soup or stock pot, brown ground beef with 1 T avocado oil. Add onion, sweet potatoes and chopped sweet pepper. Saute over medium heat until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Add black eyed peas, cajun seasoning, paprika, salt, pepper and garlic stirring well to coat.
- Gradually add broth and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and allow it to simmer for 15 to 20 minutes until sweet potatoes are fork tender.
- Add in collard greens and allow to simmer for another 20 to 25 minutes.