Now on to the Kale part of my night...I feel like people have pretty strong and mixed opinions on this green stuff. I happen to love it in most forms: raw, steamed, liquid. Kale chips I had yet to try and had heard they were delish and easy to make. So I went out, got myself a head of kale and decided to give them a try myself. One of my better ideas for a Tuesday.
Whenever I cook I like to do some recipe research. I usually check out a handful of recipes and then combine them while adding my own spin on things. I decided to do kale chips 3 ways: plain sea salt, Sriracha, and Parmesan. Sriracha and Parmesan happen to be my 2 favorite seasonings so I thought this worked out just perfectly.
Almost all of the recipes had these instructions in common: Preheat oven to 350, wash kale, de-stem (easier to just rip it off than cut it), cut up, and dry. Toss with olive oil and sea salt. Bake for about 12 mins - until crispy with light brown edges. I estimated with the olive oil and seasoning and just went with taste.
Sea salt kale before the oven:
For the Parmesan version, I added the Parmesan to taste after I baked the chips and tossed them around.
Parmesan version:
I mixed the Sriarcha in before cooking and did taste testing before putting them in the oven.
Sriarcha version:
Kale chips are ridiculous. It is crazy how crispy and amazing the kale gets. When the first batch of sea salt came out I ate the entire thing in about 30 seconds. I am a huge fan of these things. I don't even think I can decide which version was my favorite because each was delicious in their own way. I will admit I found myself sprinkling a little Parmesan on each one by the end. The best part is you can season these things a million ways, and I'm sure each would be just as good. They're healthy, too :)
As usual, I made way too much, so I think these will be the perfect, crunchy addition to my salad for lunch tomorrow, yum!
And that is what I call wining and dabbling.
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