Kale Chips
Kale chips rock!!! They are just like chips. I put a good bit of kosher on them to make them kind of salty like fries/chips. They really were like thin potato chips!
Rough Recipe:
- Preheat oven to about 375*
- Use about 1 OXO salad spinner’s worth of kale (which was a stuffed grocery store veggie bag). Tear the leaves off the thick stems into bite size pieces. Spread out on cookie sheets.
- Drizzle with about 2 tsp of olive oil
- Sprinkle with Parmesan, Asiago or your seasonings of choice. Plus a sprinkle of kosher salt.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, until edges are brown and kale is crispy when moved in pan.
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Just tried the Kale Chips for the first time this weekend. I followed the recipe exactly and they were YUM!! Amazingly delicious. I used sea salt and parmesan cheese on them (not stingy on the salt so they were pretty salty!). Almost as good as actual potato chips, IMHO, for waaaay less calories. Wow! Thanks Kath for the recipe!
Tried these tonight – loved them till my husband said, these are like eating leaves! He quickly added they were like GOOD leaves, but jeez….
Hahaha. Good leaves is better than bad leaves!!
Kath
I made them…….YUM !!!
just made this – it was interesting, easy and quite tasty! thank you!
Oh I’m making these. Did you have any left over? I’m just wondering how they hold up…
M,
I doubt they would survive well (I bet they’d wilt) but let us know if you try it.
Kath
Hey Kath,
Just wanted to give you a heads up. I am featuring this recipe in my article on kale which will appear on Wednesday over at accidentalhedonist.com
Thanks,
Ben
ben ,
Thanks for the heads up! Can’t wait to see it.
Kath
Finally got around to trying these out this evening, and they were good! Thanks for the simple recipe.
Hey Kath, I made this recipe, it turned out great!
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ketchup on kale? i’m skeptical but i’ll have to give it a try. i’ve been pairing my kale with sweet potatoes lately. so good! check out http://www.keepitsimplefoods.com for my kale recipe.
Hi Kath!
Just made these and I have to admit that I was skeptical (especially when it is near impossible to find kale up in the Pacific Northwest…) but they were so GOOD!
Thanks!
I made these last night and I kind of ruined them by sprinkling too too much salt. But in spite of that, I really like them and would try them again.
I tried this recipe with silverbeet spinach! It tasted great with my sweet potato and lamb dinner! Thanks
I’m new to your blog but love your taste in food (no pun intended!). I had some kale kicking around so tried this, not really believing that kale could taste like chips. HOLY COW! These are great! I over-oiled mine a touch, but they’re still great. Thanks for the recipe, I’ll make this again and again I think – especially in the winter as I’m a local food eater!
This may sound crazy, but you should try these with steak sauce instead of Ketchup sometime. AMAZING!
do they actually become crisp? or are they wilty? i will definitely make them but i’m a little hesitant right now.
btw, Kath, saw you on current tv & that’s why i’m here!
GINA ,
Welcome! They do get crispy and actually crunch. It’s magic!
Kath
great, thx for the info. i will try them this wknd (when i go shopping at our downtown market). i’ll let you know what i think! have a great day!
I just tried these with “British Greens” (whatever they are–closest I could find to Kale), and they really are tasty with a satisfying crunch!
So excited to try these soon! I finally bought some kale for $0.98 haha.
I just made your kale chips tonight and they were so so good. I can’t wait to make them again. Thanks for the recipe!
Just discovered your blog by watching Current TV. I have just lost 90 pounds with weight watchers and have 90 more to go. I will definitely try these kale chips.
I’ll be back. Can I mention you on my own blog??
wow. i am so excited about finding this recipe! i tried it with red kale and regular kale, the regular being much better (thicker). i just did simple sea salt and some sweetness, and sprayed the batch with olive oil spray. thank you so much, i gave them to my father who is a potato chip lover, and he liked them a lot. im so thankful for a healthy alternative for him!
thank you!
Kath,
Big fan…saw you a few weeks ago on Current and just tried your Kale Chips. I put some mesquite seasoning on them and they came out like BBQ chips. Thanks for your suggestions!
hey Kath!
I linked your post to my blog today. Great recipe!Thanks!
Saw you on current tv today and I am a big fan of kale … I have grown it for years! I have had plants survive for three years, even thru our northern winters! Sadly we moved and I do not have a veggie garden for the first time this year … BUT never had thought about making kale chips! Always liked when they were the base for fish and the edges sticking out from under the fish would crisp.
I also find steaming them ever so lightly with a vinegar water solution is good also. Soon as the water boils, turn off and remove from stove top if electric, just leave lid on for about 1 min. I do the leaves whole with a short stem left.
Plus Kale is a BIG liver detoxifier.
Thanks for the recipie !
OMG! These are awesome!
OK, they’re not like ‘chips’ you can’t use them to pick up dip. But they are crunchy and thin, and if you use the salt and cheese they’re salty and cheesy. My son loved them and my daughter ate a few. My husband said they were good but didn’t go back for seconds. He said they basically ‘disappear’ when you eat them, which was my impression also. So I ate about a bunch of kale all by myself eating these.
That was *so* cool! Love this recipe, thank you!!
bah hum bug! I made the kale chips and burnt the entire batch
I recently started making kale myself. I’ve made it all the traditional ways and just tried you kale chips. They are AMAZING! Though I added a bit too much salt. I’m even eating them with ketchup as we speak!
Thanks so much!!!! These are DELICIOUS!!! I will be making them again soon because they are ALMOSt gone!!!
Thanks again….
-J
Just made and ate an entire batch of kale chips!! Did you come up with this yourself or had you heard of it before? Awesome idea!!
Emily ,
I read about them somewhere and knew they were up my alley.
K
Sorry folks, I would only make these if Popeye were coming over to visit. The rest of the Kale goes out to the compost!
Wicked, good idea. These remind me slightly of this river weed stuff i had in Laos. I’m gonna give this a hoon tonight.
Today is this first time I have ever heard of these. I am excited to try them!
I’ve been drinking kale and v-8 blended together, but I don’t like it if the kale gets too pulverized. I’ve been looking for a new way to eat kale. this is perfect. I’m going to try it tomorrow.
Yikes! I think I must have over-roasted them (although it was only 14 minutes at 375) because they mostly tasted charred. Liberal dunking in ranch dressing helped.
I love the concept because kale is one of the Good For You foods that I don’t really like. Next time I’ll try baking them less vigorously.
the best way to make kale chips is in a low temp. food dehydrator – excalibur is the one i use. make a sauce in the blender with nuts, water, garlic, dill, lemon, nutritional yeast (cayenne if you want it hot:) and celtic salt. put the washed kale in a zip lock bag, pour some sauce on, close bag, shake. put in dehydrator overnight. awesome!
Kath, I tried these this weekend and they were awesome. I was shocked at how chip-like they really were. Thanks for the recipe!
Love this! I am posting a quick article on these at my site. This is a very unusual snack, keep ‘em coming!
Kathy,
What do you do with the leftover Kale stalks?
They’re a bit too robust for me to chop up and eat raw, and I’d hate to throw them away…
Delicious! I used asiago and sea salt, and dipped them into a bit of ketchup. I expected them to be good, but this just blew me away! The perfect snack. Thanks Kath!
I tried these last night and burned the first batch. These little guys just do not like being overcooked.
The second batch was more successful and waaaaay tastier. I still burned a few so next time I’ll shave even more off the cooking time for my oven. DH didn’t care for them but agreed to try them again next time; my 8 yo eagerly tried one but quickly spit it out. I wish she’d tried one of the less burnt ones!
It’s all a process. At least we’re trying!
WOW!! I was so pleasantly surprised at how GOOD those are!!! I took chips out of my diet as a general rule over 5 years ago (though i will occasionally indulge less than once a month) but these kale chips were such a welcome and tasty treat! Even my husband (who doesn’t like healthy foods-in-place-of-junk-foods normally) was like “I want to dislike them, but I really don’t! These are great!” Thanks for posting the recipe
Cool stuff! Can you do this with frozen kale?
Jul,
I don’t think so because you want the kale to be as dry as possible and the leaves to be flat.
Kath
hi kath. i’m wondering if the same could be done with other vege. cos i find it hard to find kale here in malaysia. They only have chinese kale, which looks totally different. would curly endives work?
Jac,
It might work with another tough green – like collards or perhaps the Chinese kale you’re referring to. Probably not a more tender green like spinach. Let us know if it works!
Kath
just made these last wee they were greattt I think they were a bit overcooked, as the kale was a bit TOO crunchy
but this recipe is a keeper! Thanks kath!
i tried again with the curly endives.. twas alright! but maybe Kale would’ve been hardier..
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I’m sorry, these sounded really good! I washed and dried the kale, put EVO and salt on it and cooked it. I made sure every piece was nice and crispy . I could eat a few but the taste of the kale overwhelmed me, not at all like potato chips. I really need to find some other kind of seasoning, no one in my house could eat it.
DW and I are trying to ‘go vegan’ and snacks were a question mark for us … so I have the first batch (regular salt, olive oil, onion powder and a TINY sprinkle of Parmesan) in the oven right now. Even if they aren’t a complete replacement, they are a start. We (I, actually) don’t expect them to be EXACTLY like potato chips (duh … no potatoes!), but they should be a good addition to kale in creamy colcannon (kale, potatoes, vegetable broth run through a blender).
The Parmesan isn’t on the official list of ‘good’ foods, but we have less than half a jar left, it’s already bought (yada, yada), so I thought I’d just keep using it until it’s gone.
Besides … I like the taste of toasted Parmesan.
I just made these for dinner! I’ve had them a few times before after seeing them on your site and my hubby and I are totally addicted.
I’m also trying out your Overnight Oats in the morning…I need some new breakfast ideas so that and SIAB sound perfect! Thanks for all the great ideas and for keeping me inspired to eat clean!
salt is unhealthy did you check the sodium content? Substitute salt with something sour like Aamchoor- much healthier.
WOW – very delicious! My 8 year old son is chowing down on them as I write this! I introduced them as Kale Krispies because I didn’t want the expectation for them to taste like chips to be too high! Thanks for the recipe – I’ll be making this whenever I get Kale in my CSA box!
I made these today for the sole purpose of snacking on while at work this week. Very yummy! I’ll have to pick more kale up this week and restock them. I ate half of the tray…testing them when they came out of the oven and then more testing to see how the held up in a ziplock bag. After an hour they were still tasty!
I have some left, hopefully they’ll take me through at least Tuesday!
Only difference I made was I cooked them until they were totally crispy and crunchy…which was actually closer to 25 minutes. Although it probably would have been less time if I hadn’t packed the tray.
Hey Kath!!! Do you think the nutritional value is affected when you bake or steam kale? I LOVE THIS RECIPE and now my husband will eat kale too!!!!
Thanks.
Leah
Leah,
I wouldn’t think so. Perhaps even enhanced with a little olive oil involved!
Kath
ooh I finally got to make these last night (kale seems to be hard enough to find around my neck of the woods which baffles me as it’s an ingredient in a pretty traditional Irish dish. Maybe I’m not looking hard enough!) and they were even better than I could have hoped. Thank you for sharing, you have such lovely recipes on your site
These are delicious! My boyfriend goes crazy over these things. His mother even called me for the recipe
I just made these tonight for the first time and both my boyfriend and I loved them. We’re definitely adding them to our repertoire of side dishes. Thanks so much for sharing the brilliance of kale chips with the rest of the world!
Hey kath!
What a wonderful recipe! I can’t wait to try it!
I was wondering, I do youtube videos: http://www.youtube.com/trulyjess
and I do cooking with Jess videos! I was wondering if it was okay for me to do a cooking video with this recipe!
Of course I would advise all my subscribers to head over to your website and let them know I got it here!
Let me know:)
xoxo
Finally got around to trying these. I liked the crispiness factor and mouth feel, but the flavor was just okay. I REALLY want to like kale, but just can’t seem to find any recipe that does it for me!!! I’ll likely eat them again just to get the nutritional benefits and have a break from the proverbial bowl of salad.
Kale chips are delish, and raw Kale is yucky, but Lea, Yes nutritional value is compromised whenever you heat anything above 120 degrees because it breaks down the live enzymes and amino acids.
I am making these right now! Can’t wait to try them! I seasoned mine with salt, black pepper and paprika.
They are the BEST.thanks for sharing.How many calories?
Kath, I have been wanting to make these for a long time, and I can’t believe I waited so long to try!!
Joy Bauer made them on the Today show a couple of days ago and I was thinking the whole time- “I know she got this recipe from KERF!”
Anyway- they were fabulous! Thanks for the recipe!
I finally tried these today… actually I’m still eating them now. I had to comment immediately upon trying. I was pretty reluctant, but these are fantastic. I was so surprised how crispy they really are. I’m also dipping them into ketchup since that’s what Kath does!
Wow, I have to say that these really surprised me! I only did olive oil and salt on mine and shockingly, they are very similar in taste to potato chips. I expected to like them, but I thought the “potato chip” claim I’ve been hearing all over the place was a bit exaggerated! What a great way to get your greens!
Hi Kath,
I’m wondering if you have tried MaraNatha Choc. almond butter? (they call it spread, I guess because it has evaporated cane juice and oil added). I live in Ashland Or where its made. If you can’t find it I’d be happy to send you a jar
I’m also wondering if you have tried oat bran in your oat pancakes. More protein and fiber for less cals.
I have NOT tried it or seen it!!! And I don’t think I’ve tried oat bran pancakes yet
whoops…sorry about previous post…not a kale chip comment. I did try them today and like them.