Here is how she made Kale Chips:
All you do is toss the kale with a little olive oil and sea salt, lay it on a cookie sheet and bake it in an oven preheated to 350° for about 10 minutes. Don’t crowd it. It will steam instead of bake if you do. Be careful, it will burn, but you also don’t want to pull it out too early, or it will be too chewy. I had a blast trying different spices and salts on it. My favorite was a little bit of smoked paprika.
Ben and I used up the kale we got from Green Grocer, but Melissa's post has inspired me to perhaps purchase some more and try making some of these kale chips to take with us on our upcoming road trip.
2 comments:
That chips recipe sounds a little hot for summertime recipes.
I read an article about the founder of Whole Foods recently that went off on a tangent about how WF was trying to figure out ways to enhance their marketing of kale solely because of its many nutritional benefits (it really is one of the healthiest foods). Nevertheless it doesn't sell exceptionally well and WF sells a lot more unhealthy stuff because that's what the people like.
I like kale but I can see why it's not more popular. It loses a lot of its nutritional value in tasty recipes like chips; and raw or steamed it's a bit hard to chew.
We add it (and various other greens) to bean/legume dishes in the winter. Just chop up the greens good and add to beans or lentils (etc.) ten minutes or so before serving.
Kilian
Kilian thanks for the helpful comment! We actually did try the Kale Chips - but it didn't work out so well for us. I really like it steamed with rice but I love the idea of added it to hot dishes like you mentioned!
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