Pan-crisped lacinato kale with garlic
This is what to make when a bag of tender lacinato kale needs to go straight to the table. Crisp it fast in a hot pan with garlic and a squeeze of acid, and you have a vegetable that eats like dinner, not a side dish.
About 240 calories a serving, 2 g protein, 8 g carbohydrate, 23 g fat. From USDA figures for 100% of the ingredients; amounts are the recipe's.
To buy
- 1 lemon
From your shelf
- 1 bag (about 5 ounces) lacinato tuscan kale cut super greens, lacinato tuscan
Staples
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 3 cloves, thinly sliced garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste pepper
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 3 thinly sliced garlic cloves and cook, stirring often, until fragrant and just turning golden at the edges, about 1 minute. Watch the garlic closely so it does not burn.
- Add the entire bag of lacinato kale to the pan and toss well to coat with the oil and garlic. The kale will wilt and reduce in volume quickly; keep tossing so it crisps evenly without sticking, about 4 to 5 minutes, until the leaves are tender and the edges are charred in spots.
- Taste and season generously with salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the kale, toss once, and transfer to a serving plate. Add more lemon juice if you like. Serve warm.
Note Swap spinach or arugula for the kale; cook spinach for 2 minutes, arugula for 1. Leftovers keep three days in the fridge and are good cold in a grain bowl or warm with a fried egg on top. Serve with roasted chicken, fish, or rice to make it a full meal.
On the label
LACINATO TUSCAN KALE.
Signature Select, pre-packaged fruit & vegetables, serving 85 GRM, package 10 oz/283 g. Ingredients as printed on the label.
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Cooks as kale. Half of it left? Use up the kale.