Leafy green Kale (grönkål pa Svenska) is the delightful and much underrated member of the cabbage family that, surprisingly, makes chips tasty enough to rival even the most MSG-addled bits of potato.
They are ridiculously easy to make and take only ten minutes or so, which means it is quite feasible to whack some in the oven in the commercial break between 'House' episodes.. or while you wait for that movie to download/buffer/stream/purchase off amazon/itunes/etc. They are also perfect to bring to parties, although on first impressions the other guests may think you are either wonderfully quirky or a little bit crazy depending on who you are socialising with.
Here's how you do it step by step:
1. Turn on the oven to around 200 C
2. Remove the kale leaves from their thick stems and tear into bite size pieces.
3. Arrange the pieces on a baking tray and coat with olive oil, salt (I like to use chunky sea salt) and chilli flakes to taste. An alternative is to sprinkle them with a little parmesan cheese.
4. Stick them in the oven for ten minutes or so, when the edges start to brown but not burn!
Tip: I have a tendency to burn kale chips on the first try as there tends to be about thirty second gap between 'perfection' and 'overdone'. Keep an eye on the oven!
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