Printable kale recipes
To clean kale. Kale usually has less dirt on it than mustard or turnip greens. To clean. fill a bowl with cold water and swish around.
To Boil: Add kale to a large pot of boiling water, salt to taste, boil for 4 to 10 minutes to desired tenderness. To quick boil for better taste and to make less chewy, cook kale for 4 or 5 minutes in 2 cups of water, you can add chicken broth.
To Fry: Heat 2 tbs of olive oil ( or other oil) in a large skillet. (you can add ham, bacon or bacon bits to add flavor) Add greens, cook for 5~10 . Add salt, pepper or vinegar to taste.
Most people remove the midrib, but it can be cut up and cooked as well.
Kale with Lemon juice and basil
5~6 cups of chopped kale, 2 cloves of minced garlic,2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil, 15 fresh basil leaves cut into strips, 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice, 2 cups of water
Bring water to boil in a skillet with a lid. Add kale and cook covered for 5 minutes, stirrig occasionly, remove and drain kale.dry skillet and heat olive oil on medium heat. Add garlic and cook for about 30 seconds. Add basil and saute for 15 seconds more. Add kale till heated . Stir in lemon juice and season to taste.
Colcannon
ColcannonIn Ireland kale is mixed with mashed potatoes to make the traditional dish colcannon.To make kale colcannon to serve 4~6 people you need 6 medium boiling potatoes(peeled)4 cups finely shredded kale, 4 tablespoons of butter, 1 cup milk, 6 medium green onions, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon chopped parsley. Boil potatoes until tender. Put kale in a pot and boil for 10 minutes and drain. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet, add the kale and cook for a minute or two, put to the side and cover .Mash the potatoes with 2 tablespoons butter and 1/2 a cup of milk, 2 tablespoons at a time.Stir in kale and green onions, add salt and pepper, sprinkle with parsley .
Kale and white bean soup
2 onions chopped, 2 cloves of garlic minced, 1 teaspoon canola oil, 1 tablespoon curry powder, 4 cups cooked white beans, 1/4 teaspoon cumin, 1 teaspoon dried basil, 2~3 cups shredded kale with no midribs, 3 cups butternut squash, cut into small chunks,6 cups chicken or vegetable stock, lemon juice
Heat oil in large soup pot. saute onions on medium heat about 10 minutes. Add cumin,garlic and curry and saute for 2 minutes.Add cooked white beans,squash,kale,broth. Bring to boilthen reduce heat. Add salt and cook for 20 minutes until squash is tender.Add lemon juice before serving.
kale and white bean soup #2
Pressure cooker
1 bag dried white,navy great Northern beansor canned beans
soak beans overnight if you don't have a pressure cooker
cook in pressure cooker about 2-~30 minutes, if beans have been soaked overnight, it takes about 10minutes to cook
bring beans to a boil, then lock pressure cooker lid, cook for 10 minutes, then let sit for 10 minutes with lid on
Cook one chopped onion in olive oil until golden
a clove or two of chopped garlic
Pour beans into colander
reheat beans with onions
Add vegetable or chicken stock
add a couple of piece of cheese rinds
Let simmer for an hour
de-stem kale and cut ino bite sized pieces
Italian seasoning
add kale and cook a few minutes, add a little olive oil, salt and pepper to taste and serve
Mediterranean Kale
a raw kale side dish
Cut kale into fine pieces
Soften kale by massaging it with your hands
de-stem kale, save stem for juicing
Roll kale tightly and cut into thin ribbons
Put into large mixing bowl
Add olive oil, lemon juice and salt
massage kale with hands to soften without losing nutritional value
Add diced red bell pepper, pine nuts, finely sliced olives
Toss the mixture and serve
Kale chips
pre-heat oven to 350
remove stem from kale from one bunch of curly kale that has been washed and dried
rip kale into bite sized pieced
mix with 2 teaspoons of olive oil and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt, massage oil and salt into kale
spread out on rim baking sheets, don't let pieces overlap
bake for 15 minutes
Pre cook kale in vegetable broth, shollots and garlic for 40 minutes
heat up wok
Add olive oil
cook some more shallots and then add pre-cooked kale
Add white and black sesame seeds
add one tablespoon dark toasted sesame oil and tablespoon soy sauce and serve
Sesame Kale
Pre cook kale in vegetable broth, shollots and garlic for 40 minutes
heat up wok
Add olive oil
cook some more shallots and then add pre-cooked kale
Add white and black sesame seeds
add one tablespoon dark toasted sesame oil and tablespoon soy sauce and serve
Raw kale salad
roll up kale leaves and cut (chiffanade), put in mixing bowl
chop about half a one red onion fine, put in mixing bowl
Cut one red apple, put in mixing bowl
Add raw cashews
Add one chopped avocodo
remove skin from one hand of ginger with the back of a spoon
1~2 cloves of garlic, chopped
add some soy sauce
add some toasted sesame oil, about a tablespoon of soy sauce and 1~2 tablespoons olive oil
add some lemon juice
mix with your hands and serve
Kale Frittata
(an egg-based dish similar to an omelette or quiche)
1
onion, sliced,
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 bunch of black kale, washed, ribs removed, sliced into ribbons
Less than 1/4 cup water
8 eggs
Slurp of half and half (optional)
Smidge of turmeric (1/2 tsp or so)
Pinch o' nutmeg
Salt and pepper
1/4 cup or so of parmesan
cheese
Pre heat oven to 350
Add about a tablespoon of olive oil to a heated skillet
Chop up one onion and add to a skilletR
Remone stem from broald leaf lale or curly kale, roll it and and chop up
Break eggs into mixing bowl and add tumeric, salt , pepper and nutmeg and beat
Add garlic to gooking onion
Add kale and mix with cooking onions and garlic
Add a little water ofr cooking stock
Cover and let cook for a few minutes till wilted
Add eggs and cook like omlete, let cook for a few minutes
Sprinkle 1/4 cup or so of parmesan cheese
Place in oven and let cook about 10 minutes
Portuguese kale soup
Cut up kale with stalk removed
3 pealed roussete poatoes, dice one potato
quart of chicken broth
onions and garlic
Cut up Portuguese Chorizo sausage into chunks, renderd (pre-cooked)
Add about 3 tablespoon of olive oil into pot and heat
Add 1/2 cup sliced white onions and 2~3 minced garlic cloves
Add some black pepper and salt
Add chicken broth
Add kale
Add two potatoes cut in large chunks
Let cook 15~20 minutes
Mash potatoes in soup with masher to add body
Add 3 cups of water
Add a pinch of salt and black pepper
Add sausage
Add diced potatoes
Stir and let cook about 15 minutes, let come back up to a boil before serving
Season to taste
add some olive oil to top of bowl after serving
Kale Omlette
Remove stem from kale and chop up into ribbons
Saute in olive oil
beat 10 eggs
Add a teaspoon of salt and some pepper and 2 tablespoon of flour
Cut up two boiled potatoes
Add olive oil to pan and heat
Add potatoes and cook and cook a little
Add kale and beaten eggs
Let it brown on the bottom then cook on low
Add some chese to the top
Add some semi sweet paprika for color
Cover skillet and cook on low heat 15 minutes
Run knife along edge