Kale Chips with Sea Salt

Kale chips are a good and healthy alternative to candy and other unhealthier snacks. They are full of vitamins and antioxidants, and they also contain few calories.

These chips are delicious, crispy and also very easy to make at home. You can go for a classic recipe and just season with sea salt, or add other spices and flavors to the recipe. Garlic, chili, dried herbs, grated parmesan cheese and lime or lemon peel are popular seasonings for kale chips.

Below you have a recipe and instructions on how to make kale chips at home.

Yield: 1 sheet

Kale Chips with Sea Salt

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Kale chips are both healthy and delicious. It's easy to make and will make both your taste buds and body happy with it's delicious flavor, vitamins, fiber and antioxidants.

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Ingredients

• 150 grams (5,2 oz) fresh kale
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Sea salt

Instructions

1. Turn on the oven to 150° Celsius (300° Fahrenheit)
2. Wash the cabbage and let it dry completely. If the cabbage is a little bit moist, the chips can become soft.
3. Tear off the leaves from the stem in chips-small pieces.
4. Spread the leaves on a plate with baking paper. The cabbage leaves should not be on top of each other.
5. Drizzle the olive oil over the kale and massage the leaves with your hands. Make sure that the oil covers the entire surface of the leaves.
6. When the kale leaves are well covered with olive oil, sprinkle a pinch (or two) of sea salt.
7. Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes.
8. Take out the oven tray, turn over all the pieces that are starting to look crispy, put the tray back in the oven and bake for another 10-15 minutes.
   NOTE: To ensure that the kale chips do not burn, it's important to keep track often after about 5 minutes.
9. Take out the oven tray and let the kale chips cool at least for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

To make the kale chips crispy and delicious, it's important to follow the step where you massage the olive oil into the leaves properly. You need to cover every little bit of the leaves with olive oil.

You might think that 2 tablespoons of olive oil might not be enough. But do not use too much olive oil as there's a risk that the kale chips gets too much moisture, which makes it hard to get crispy chips.

If you feel that more olive oil is needed, I can recommend adding drop by drop so you don't use too much.

Tips of seasoning:

Kale chips with sea salt is a classic, but it can be fun to vary with other spices or flavors. Below you have some tips on popular seasonings for kale chips:

Grated Parmesan (put on the chips after they have been in the oven)
Garlic powder (sprinkle a pinch or two over the chips before roasting in the oven)
Lemon or lime peel (mix in the olive oil before massaging into the leaves)
Chili (sprinkle after the chips have been in the oven)
Dried herbs (can be sprinkled on the chips before or after roasting in the oven)

How to store kale chips

Kale chips are best to eat the same day as you make them, but it’s also possible to save the chips a few days. To keep them as crispy as possible, it’s important that you first let the chips cool properly.

After they have cooled down, you can store the chips in an airtight container at room temperature for about 2-3 days.

More about kale chips

Kale is a super vegetable that’s full of vitamins, fiber and antioxidants. Kale chips is a healthy alternative for you who want to stay healthy and keep your weight as kale contains few calories.

The antioxidants and vitamins in kale also boost your immune system and are good for the skin as it contains vitamin C. Vitamin C helps to produce collagen, which keeps the skin elastic and young.

In addition to these benefits, you get a real energy boost from the amino acids and vitamin C. In kale there’s also B vitamin – which is good for the brain.

Have you tried my kale chips recipe? Leave a comment below and let me know what you think!