Lemon Sesame Mustard Greens
It’s a quick, simple, and nutritious side dish that goes well with any meal! Our Lemon Sesame Mustard Greens are a healthy green side that adds tart citrus to these peppery greens for an almost lemon pepper-like side!
We are super green in this household- in many ways! From our electric car, to free range chickens, to the special trips I make to recycle thin plastics and clam shells, and especially all of the many greens we eat (if you’ve been around for a while, you know how much I love spinach!) We love to live green and eat green! One leafy green veggie that we don’t eat often, but should, are the vitamins A, C, and K, and antioxidant-packed mustard greens! These peppery greens with a kick make a delicious sauteed side for our Lemon Sesame Mustard Greens!
Ingredients Needed
- Mustard Greens – They are the greens grown as a part of brown mustard seeds and they have a unique peppery flavor, and when more mature, like this, are best eaten cooked to help mellow that bite. Younger mustard greens are great raw in salads, as their flavor is not quite as sharp.
- Garlic – A sauteed green and garlic just go hand in hand.
- Lemon Juice and Zest – We love the complementary acidity of lemon to the peppery flavor of the greens.
- Sesame Oil – Mustard greens are often found in Asian cooking, and sesame is a beautiful pairing, so we prefer sesame oil for these greens, but you can, of course, use whatever cooking oil you have.
- Honey – Just a touch to balance out the lemon and pepper flavors.
- Salt and Pepper – To season, of course.
- Sesame Seeds – To finish with another bit of sesame flavor!
Ready FAST
Prep The Greens
As with most leafy greens, the first step is to trim and clean. Because dirt can hide in all of these tender curly leaves, it’s best to soak the greens in some cold water first to ensure that you’re getting any of that grittiness out before cooking.
Cleaning Mustard Greens
Let those trimmed leaves soak in a big bowl of cold water, swish it around with your hands, and then use your hands to remove the greens and add them to a colander. Remember, don’t pour into the colander – all of that dirt you just removed will go right back on the greens!
Saute!
Once the greens are ready, then it’s a quick saute of garlic in sesame oil before adding the greens.
Sauté until the greens are wilted and tender, which doesn’t take much time at all.
Finish with some lemon zest and sesame seeds, and you have our Lemon Sesame Mustard Greens!
Serve it with
- Maple Soy Glazed Chicken Thighs
- 15 Minute Garlic Butter Chicken
- Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Grilled Flank Steak
- Asian Grilled Chicken
- Sweet and Spicy Sriracha Chicken Thighs
SO much flavor in little time! A side for the lemon lover!
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Lemon Sesame Mustard Greens
Ingredients
- 2 bunches mustard greens
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Clean Greens: Remove leaves from the stems. Add them to a large bowl of cold water and move them around with your hands. Let them sit for a few minutes to allow the dirt to fall to the bottom of the bowl. After a couple of minutes, remove greens with your hands and place in a colander to shake off excess water (or use a salad spinner).
- Chop Greens: Once clean and dry, give the leaves a quick chop.
- Saute: Heat a large saute pan over medium heat and add the sesame oil and garlic. Saute garlic for about 60 seconds, stirring often to prevent burning. Add the lemon juice and honey and mix well. Add the chopped greens and turn to coat in the pan with the oil, lemon juice, and honey and add the salt and pepper. Saute for 4-5 minutes until greens are wilted.
- Garnish and Serve: Remove the greens from the pan and add to a serving bowl. Top with sesame seeds and lemon zest, and serve and enjoy.
I am a new fan of salmon. this recipe looks delicious and I love the maple soy marinade!
This looks absolutely delicious. As a child I would only eat fried fish, and canned tuna. Now, you won’t catch me touching can tuna and I’ll eat fish cooked almost in any fashion. This is a stunning picture.
Hi Tracy – I just posted your recipe on my blog and gave you credit of course. It is really good… 🙂
Aww thank you!!
Looks delicious! Omg, I love salmon!
This is sooooooo my kind of food! I love salmon and the maple syrup looks brilliant to use with it, a MUST try 🙂
I love salmon and usually fix it once a week – your glaze sounds delicious 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
This looks really good! I felt the same way about sweet potatoes, and it was a young man who got me to eat them! I love the way you buy the Salmon and break it down into the steaks.
Thanks! My husbands the better butcher and we figure its more affordable to buy the whole fish most of the time.
Better quality, too, I would think and you can make the cuts just how you like them. Smart!
I am weird with fish. I like it when I have it at a restaurant or when someone else makes it but when we make it at home I get creeped out. Do you have a preference on the kind of salmon that you buy? This recipe looks really good.
Oh I totally get that… there are still some fish I don’t like to cook at home but will happily eat it in a restaurant. We usually buy Sockeye salmon.
Thanks Tracy.
Nowwww you’re just showin’ off!!! This is ridiculously good… the pictures are POPPING out of my screen… look at that glaze!! Sheeeeeez…….!!! Nice work my friend!
Haha! Thank youuuu!
I still struggle.. So interesting post..