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Kale Chip Recipe

By Karyn
As our National Nutrition Month Event, we held kale chip taste tests in all our K-8 school cafeterias. For the full story visit the post. If you would like to try the kale chips at home, use this yummy recipe.


Bunches of curly kale

Ingredients
8 cups kale, ripped into 3 inch pieces (~1 bunch)
1 tbsp  vegetable oil
1/8 – 1/4 tsp salt


Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 350o
2. Wash and pat dry kale. For best results, kale must be very dry.
3. Remove kale from center stem and rip into 3 inch pieces.
4. Add oil and salt. Massage the oil and salt into the kale until the kale pieces are evenly coated.
5. Lay kale pieces in a single layer on a baking sheet; ideally the pieces are not touching.
6. Bake for 3-5 minutes. Checking regularly to make sure chips aren't burning.

Make sure to dry your kale well!



Gentle massage the oil and salt into the kale.
 
Do not overlap your kale pieces. Check them regularly so they don't burn!





They are so good that you might eat them right off of the tray!


 

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