Roasted Kale Chips Recipes

BAKED KALE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a non insulated cookie sheet with parchment paper.
• With a knife or kitchen shears carefully remove the leaves from the thick stems and tear into bite size pieces. Wash and thoroughly dry kale with a salad spinner. Drizzle kale with olive oil and sprinkle with seasoning salt.
• Bake until the edges brown but are not burnt, 10 to 15 minutes.

PARMESAN KALE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 sheet pans with parchment paper.
• With a sharp knife, remove and discard the hard rib from the center of each leaf, leaving the leaves as intact as possible. Place them on the sheet pans, drizzle or brush them with olive oil, and toss to coat lightly. Sprinkle generously with salt and bake for 10 minutes, until crispy. Sprinkle lightly with Parmesan cheese and bake for another 5 minutes. Cool and serve.

CRISPY ROASTED KALE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange 3 oven racks evenly spaced in the oven.
• Lay each kale leaf on a board and, with a small sharp knife, cut out the hard stem. Tear large leaves in half. Place the kale in a large bowl of water and wash it well. Drain the kale and dry it in a salad spinner. Dry the bowl, and put the kale back in the bowl.
• Toss the kale with the olive oil, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Divide the kale among 3 sheet pans or roast them in batches. If you put too much kale on one pan, it will steam rather than roast and will never become crisp. Roast for 15 minutes, until crisp. Sprinkle with fleur de sel and serve hot.

CRISPY KALE "CHIPS"

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Remove the ribs from the kale and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces. Lay on a baking sheet and toss with the olive oil and salt. Bake until crisp, turning the leaves halfway through, about 20 minutes. Serve as finger food.

ROASTED KALE CHIPS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C) Note that the 50-minute cook time refers to three batches of kale, each batch taking about 16-17 minutes. Rinse kale leaves to remove dirt, dust, etc. and shake or spin dry. Kale doesn't hold water the way lettuce does, so shaking is usually sufficient. You can use chopped kale, but it needs to be "large" pieces, not finely chopped.
• 2. Lay the kale leaf face down on a cutting board and cut close to each side of the thick stem. (See photo.) Stems are usually discarded, but you can also cut them into 1-inch lengths and roast them, too, if you want. I like the roasted stems, but most people prefer the leaves. If you are using chopped kale, you can trim the leafy parts off the stem pieces.
• 3. Cut or tear the kale leaves into chip-sized pieces. I try for approx. 2-inch squares, but smaller is OK, too. Two large leaves are about the right amount for one large cookie sheet. One bunch of kale will be good for about three cookie sheets' worth.
• 4. Pile the cut kale from two leaves onto the cookie sheet, then drizzle olive oil onto the pile. Not too much oil, though. They should not be soaked. Shake salt and pepper onto the pile. Using clean hands, mix the pile of leaves to coat them evenly. Spread the coated kale onto the cookie sheet in one layer. It won't be a flat layer. See photo.
• 5. Bake in preheated 300°F oven for 16 minutes. Check at 15 minutes - if the kale is turning brown, then use less time for the next batch. If the kale is bright green, then give it an extra minute. While the first batch is cooking, prepare the next batch on a second cookie sheet.
• 6. Once out of the oven, let the chips cool and then carefully put them into a bowl or other container. They are quite crisp, and will stay crisp for several days.
• 7. If you are in a hurry, use a 350°F oven and 9-10 minutes. Watch the kale, though, because it quickly goes from done to scorched.
• 8. Use cajun seasoning for spicy chips, cayenne for hot chips, maybe even a little grated parmesan cheese for Italian chips.

BAKED KALE CHIPS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange kale on two rimmed baking sheets. Drizzle evenly with olive oil and toss. Season with salt. Bake, rotating trays once, until crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Toss with lemon zest.

KALE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Cut away inner ribs from each kale leaf and discard; tear the leaves into pieces of uniform size. (I made my pieces about the size of a small potato chip.) Wash torn kale pieces and spin dry in a salad spinner or dry with paper towels until they're very dry.
• Put the kale pieces into a large resealable bag (or use a bowl if you don't mind getting your hands oily). Add about half the olive oil; seal and squeeze the bag so the oil gets distributed evenly on the kale pieces. Add the remaining oil and squeeze the bag more, until all kale pieces are evenly coated with oil and slightly 'massaged.' Sprinkle the vinegar over the kale leaves, reseal the bag, and shake to spread the vinegar evenly over the leaves. Spread the leaves evenly onto a baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until mostly crisp, about 35 minutes. Season with salt and serve immediately.