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Curly Kale Chips

July 4, 2014 @ 21:52 By Gavin Webber 6 Comments

Curly Kale

Curly Kale

Who wants at eat a healthy alternative to potato chips (aka crisps)?

I know that we look for alternatives all the time and the closest thing to kind of healthy is organic veggie chips.  However the ones we used to buy are smothered in organic palm oil, with the source undisclosed.

So not wanting to put a Orangutang out of a home, we found an alternative.

Enter a very special member of the Brassica family, and Kim’s new favourite vegetable!  Kale.

Curly Kale Chips

Ingredients

  • One large bowl of Kale leaves (washed)
  • Smoky Paprika
  • Chilli infused olive oil
  • Salt

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C and line a baking tray with baking paper, if making more you will need a couple of lined trays.

Good bunch of curly kale, wash, take out stalks and rip leaves into smaller pieces.  Spin dry in salad spinner to make sure there is no water left on them.  They must be thoroughly dry before proceeding to the next stage.

Dry Kale in salad spinner

Dry Kale in salad spinner

1 tablespoon chilli infused Olive oil in bowl, put kale in and coat mix around ensuring all the kale gets a good covering.

Chilli infused olive oil

Chilli infused olive oil

Place kale on tray, place them in a single layer so that they are not all on top of each other.

Kale leaves spaced apart

Kale leaves spaced apart

Sprinkle with Smoky paprika; ours were extra spicy with the infused oil.

Sprinkled with smoky paprika

Sprinkled with smoky paprika

Cook for about 9 – 25 mins depending on how thick your kale is; ours were cooked in 9 mins, keep checking as they can burn very quickly.  Make sure they are crispy, not burnt.

Curly Kale Chips fresh from the oven

Crispy Curly Kale Chips fresh from the oven

When cooked get the tray out and sprinkle with ground rock salt.

Try stopping at just one!

Try stopping at just one!

These chips are mind-blowing.  Kim, Ben, and I wolfed down the entire dinner plate in no time flat.  There was about 130 calories on the entire plate, very low when compared to a greasy bag of chips, and so many more vitamins and minerals.

It is worth planting some kale in your garden just to make Curly Kale Chips.  A great way to get the kids to eat their veg!

Does anyone else have a kale chip recipe they would like to share?

 (photos by Kim Webber)

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Comments

  1. Sharon Bailey says

    July 4, 2014 at 23:53

    Hi Gavin these look great, will give them a try. I make potato chips in the microwave, just slice thinly, and sprinkle with salt – delicious – no additives and totally fat free. cheers sharon

    Reply
    • Gavin Webber says

      July 5, 2014 at 11:06

      Gidday Sharon. Great tip. Do they crisp up? How long do you zap each batch? Gav x

      Reply
      • Sharon Bailey says

        July 6, 2014 at 02:04

        Hi Gavin, yes they crisp up beautifully, in about 10 minutes depending on the microwave, you may need to watch them toward the end as they can brown/burn quickly. And put them on baking paper so they don’t stick. Enjoy

  2. Katherine says

    July 5, 2014 at 15:18

    Hello Gavin, I have tried making Kale chips once. They were SO horrible I think I am done for life. I think the problem was I couldn’t thoroughly dry them as we don’t have a salad spinner. Despite my best efforts to get rid of all water. Would you recommend buying a salad spinner (I always just shake, shake, shake by hand).

    Reply
  3. Paola says

    July 6, 2014 at 14:02

    I’m making these tonight! I have some kale in the garden ready to pick. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Gavin Webber says

      July 8, 2014 at 11:36

      How did they turn out?

      Reply

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