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Incredible Vegetables: Kale Chips

Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 07:12 AM

Kale chips are all the rage these days.  Healthy living bloggers everywhere are waxing on about this tasty little treat.  Like my friend Robin Abrahams  always says, “Add some olive oil and salt to anything, roast it in a hot oven and it will be incredibly delicious.”  Or something like that!  In any case, that is pretty much all it takes to make yourself some kale chips.  Warning:  they are addictive!!

I got my idea to make these while catching up on the G section of The Boston Globe from last week. 

I love the Wednesday Food G section! 

Here is the recipe.

Kale, by the way, scores an Incredible 99 on the NuVal  scale.

The toughest part about this recipe is cleaning the kale.  I like to shusshhhh my greens.  That is my technical term for filling up my clean dish basin with cold water, letting my greens sit in the cold bath and then gently shaking them to get the dirt or sand out.  I then drain the water, fill the basin up again and shussssshhh again.  I had to do it three times with this dirty kale!

Next, I patted the kale dry with paper towls and stemmed it.  I ended up with two piles.

The Boston Globe recipe suggests that you pour one Tablespoon of oil onto a baking sheet and spread it with a pastry brush and then lay each kale leaf onto that sheet and then turn the leaves over. 

I have to admit, I blew through that one tablespoon of olive oil in a heartbeat and added some more.  That was not such a great idea because some of the leaves got a little bit wilty in the end.  But the leaves that had just the right amount of oil and salt were just perfect!!  I loved them.  My kids were not willing to try my new “chips”.  They were also a little too healthy for my husband.  More for me!  I can see why everyone has been talking/blogging/writing about Kale Chips!  Yum-meee!

Question of the Day

Have you tried Kale Chips yet?  If not, do you think you would be into them?

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12 Comments on “Incredible Vegetables: Kale Chips”

  1. #1 Lindsay @ The Ketchup Diaries
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:15 am

    I have tried them, but don’t think I removed my stems correctly. I felt like I was chewing on trees, which I do not believe is the desired effect. Haha.

  2. #2 Alicia
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:17 am

    These sound great. Headed to the farm after work to grab some kale!!

  3. #3 Heather
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:33 am

    Bring them to the pool – I’ll try them!!! :)

  4. #4 kalli@fitandfortysomething
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 9:36 am

    i really need to try these babies! so good for you and they sound so tasty!

  5. #5 Claire
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 10:05 am

    I made them on accident before.hehe…They were delicious:-)cc

  6. #6 tanyasDailyProductReviews
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 10:12 am

    I tried them…but I don’t think they were very good so that means I did something wrong….as everyone says they are so GOOD!

  7. #7 Michelle @ Turning Over a New Leaf
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 10:23 am

    I had Kale Chips yesterday! They’re so tasty and kale is so inexpensive! I like tossing mine with garlic powder and grated parmesan. ;)

  8. #8 Julie
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 10:24 am

    I can’t wait to try them!

  9. #9 MaryZ
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:18 am

    I have tried to make these twice…both times they didn’t turn out well. I’m thinking maybe too mush olive oil cause the leaves were kind of wilty…hmmmmm. Going to have to try again.

  10. #10 Melissa
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Mary – I think you are right. Too much olive oil makes for mushy kale! Melissa

  11. #11 stacey
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 11:46 am

    I LOVE Kale Chips!! I tried them for the first time last week and I went through a 3LB bag of Kale within the week. SO good!!

    The recipe on Boston.com says 325, but I cook my Kale at 340 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. I think every oven is different and play with it to get the right temp/time. I always check mine after 15 minutes, take off the crispy kale and leave the other leaves in for another few minutes if they need more time.

  12. #12 c neroni
    on Jul 28th, 2010 at 1:26 pm

    Never tried them but defnitely would be willing to give them a shot.

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