Have you tried making them?
Bought some at the market awhile back, crispy, dried yummy kale that presumably, had been doused in a marinade of some sort and then dried in a food hydrator or low oven.
The ingredients on the bag were: kale, tamari, tahini, garlic, lemon juice and nutritional yeast.
After googling kale chips, tried making 'salt and vinegar' in the oven .. 250' .. spread on parchment paper/cookie sheet for about twenty minutes or so .. and were pretty good! very crispy, very delicate. A little messy as they kind of explode apart in your mouth as you eat them, but a tasty, healthy alternative to chips or other munchies.
The recipe was 1 tbsp of apple cider vinegar to 3 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
Recipe suggested stem removal and leaves torn into large pieces, and then tossed with vinegar and oil and rubbed in by hand.
* Important not to salt until later or they'd get too mucky and wouldn't dry
* might try a little more vinegar next time as they weren't very tangy
Sure that a food hydrator does a better job at keeping it 'raw' .. but worked fine in a low oven (250') for 20 - 30 minutes for those that don't care.
Haven't tried making the tamari, tahini .. one yet. Assume you dip the whole kale leaf into the marinade, gently shake excess and lay on parchment and cookie sheet and sprinkle with nutritional yeast flake .. which tastes like parmesan cheese.
They are so good!
Anyway, there must be all sorts of good marinades one could try .. different vinegrettes, or salad dressings as long as they weren't too thick.
Anyone else have any good kale chips recipes you've tried?
If you haven't tried them, give them a whirl .. great way to eat kale.
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