At the Winter Market yesterday we bought 2 bags of kale so we could try these Kale Chips that I’ve been hearing so much about.
Since it’s dead smack in the middle of Winter here in VT, our produce selection at the market is rather limited, so you have to buy whatever variety of kale there is. I have no idea what kind of kale we bought, but it seems like more of a curly leaf kale than what I’ve seen on other blogs making Kale Chips.
I loosely followed the recipe from Always Order Dessert.
Kale, olive oil and Grey Sea Salt (a gift from my fantastic Swap partner, Sarah)
Tear, or cut the stems out of each leaf. Clean in cold water and dry. I used my salad spinner rather than an entire roll of paper towels.
Toss in a big bowl with some olive oil and salt.
Spread on a parchment lined sheet pan, or pans. I made 4 full sheets worth of kale chips.
Bake in a 250 degree oven for 20-25 minutes. Because I have convection ovens, I was concerned that I’d have dry kale chips flying around, so I turned the fans down to low. And it worked perfectly.
The Bake Shoppe did NOT smell too good I have to say. Very kale-y for a bakery. Nonetheless, the chips are delicious.
I really thought it would take longer than 20 minutes, but as soon as the timer went off, it was done.
One thing I did learn was that I used a tad too much salt. Grey Sea Salt is much more salty than Kosher salt. Still, they are delicious. I have a big tub of them now, ready for snacking this week.
Check our Facebook page to see the inside of a Hot Chocolate Marshmallow cupcake. A special for the month of January.
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January 17th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
I love Alejandra’s site! Those look good. I’m going to have to try them.
January 17th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
They do look interesting, i havent seen anything like that around here.. Might have to try these.. The hot chocolate cupcakes look soo good! yum!
January 17th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
We LOVE kale chips. Glad you do too!
January 18th, 2010 at 9:31 am
Are they really crunchy? I can’t believe they’d get chip-like!
January 18th, 2010 at 11:01 am
Jen, they are VERY crispy. Delicate and salty, a little seaweedy, they make me think of sushi. But a nice textural replacement for potato chips and I think they’d be awesome with cocktails. Which would defeat the purpose of a healthy snack. But I think most anything would be good with a cocktail……
January 18th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
I plan to give this the test in our kitchen, we need the antioxidents! Thanks again.
January 18th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
okay, now I think I’m out. I love kale but do not like seaweed. Nope.
January 19th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
I probably should have warned you about the grey salt…oops.
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:56 am
I make these chips during the summer with the abundance of kale from our garden. LOVE them!
January 28th, 2010 at 1:14 pm
God those look good! They sort of remind me of the dried seaweed sheets I can eat by the package full. Where were you when I was drowning in kale from my produce box last winter??
March 4th, 2010 at 12:06 pm
I made these, using Pretzel salt and some garlic powder. They were SO good!! I’m now starting a bunch of Kale seeds for my garden this summer!