These addictive baked Kale Chips are so easy to make and are the best little crunchy snack. With just a tad of oil and sea salt, you can transform this super healthy vegetable into a favorite treat.
Kale is one of the healthiest vegetables around! It is loaded with Vitamin K, Vitamin C, Vitamin A and super anti-oxidant rich. I love this easy Kale Salad with Lemon Dressing or Chicken and Kale Soup are two of my favorite recipes using fresh kale.
I have had making kale chips on my list of things to make for such a long time. I have bought them many times and love them!
As good as they are already made, they are that much BETTER homemade. They truly just melt in your mouth! That tray you see in these pictures was devoured in literally 3 minutes once I said “Go”.
They are so light and crispy. The perfect way to get a little extra healthy veggie into picky kids too. My little Miss couldn’t get enough. I was speechless! Because this child of mine does not (and I repeat) does not favor anything green.
I bought a bag of curly kale. They are already pretty small pieces. After I washed and patted them dry there was not a lot of thick stem to cut off.
If you buy a “bunch” instead of a bag the stems will be bigger but they are very easy to trim off.
Plus all you need is 1 tablespoon of coconut oil or olive oil to toss it in as well. I used coconut oil for ours since it’s my fav for a sweeter flavor.
Ingredients needed to make Kale Chips
1 bag of kale or 1 medium bunch kale
1 tablespoon melted coconut oil or olive oil
¼ teaspoon sea salt to taste
How to Make Kale Chips
Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
Wash kale leaves and dry well.
Using a kitchen scissors or a small knife trim off the thick ribs pieces.
Cut the kale into approximately two-inch pieces.
Add the oil to a large bowl.
Add the kale and toss thoroughly. Make sure that each piece is covered with the oil. That 1 tablespoon goes farther than you think.
Lay the kale in a single layer on the baking sheet.
Bake for 8 – 12 minutes, until crisp. Check at 8 minutes and add time if needed. Do not burn. The curly kale will take longer than flat kale. My curly kale took right at 12 minutes and it was perfect!
Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple of minutes.
ENJOY!!!
Try these other healthy snack recipes too:
Maple Cinnamon Roasted Chickpeas
Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing
Maple Brown Sugar Granola bars
No Bake Chocolate Almond Butter Bites
How to Make Kale Chips
Ingredients
- 1 bunch bag of kale or 1 medium bunch kale
- 1 tablespoon melted coconut oil or olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Wash kale leaves and dry well.
- Using a kitchen scissors or a small knife trim off the thick ribs pieces.
- Cut the kale into approximately two-inch pieces.
- Add the oil to a large bowl.
- Add the kale and toss thoroughly. Make sure that each piece is covered with the oil. That 1 tablespoon goes farther than you think.
- Lay the kale in a single layer on the baking sheet.
- Bake for 8 - 12 minutes, until crisp. Check at 8 minutes and add time if needed. Do not burn. The curly kale will take longer than flat kale. My curly kale took right at 12 minutes and it was perfect!
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a couple of minutes.
- ENJOY!!!
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Karen J eslinger
delicious and easy but soggy in tupperware the next day…not that there were many left !Any better way ?
MiMI
You didnt mention when you add the salt??
Katie
Yummy and easy! This is only one baking sheet of two that I baked. I had two large bundles of kale, so I doubled the salt and oil. I won’t use as much salt next time. I baked mine for about 14 minutes since there were two large bundles and it wasn’t one layer as the recipe suggests. I took them out at 8 and 12 minutes and it was good but I wanted more crunch so I baked for a total of 14. Delish and will make again!!
David Tomlinson
When do I add the sea salt?
Sherri
Feel free to add it at any time, before or after 🙂
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swathi
kale chips is my favorite I love it , thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop. pinning. and tweeting.
Miz Helen
I will sure try your recipe, I love Kale Chips! Thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday. Have a great weekend and come back soon!
Miz Helen
Marjan
I love kale chips! And will try growing kale this year, so hopefully will have lots to make chips!
Bill @ The Money Professors
This is perfect! We have just started eating Kale and I can’t believe how good it is. I had some kale chips at a restaurant and wanted to make them at home. Thanks for the simple recipe.
Hollie Ramsey
So funny I came across this. I was wondering how to make kale chips just last night! Hollie @ http://quirkybohomama.blogspot.com/
Julie @ Running in a Skirt
I’m a kale-a-holic! I need to try this.
smiling notes
Ooh I love making kale chips at home! 🙂
Ashleigh
I love Trader Joe’s kale chips. Now with this i can make them at home for less of the cost! Great post!
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The Little Tourist
Oooh…. We really enjoy kale chips at our house. The fact that they are healthy is an added benefit! Thanks for sharing at You’re Gonna Love It Party 🙂
Mike
Not that healthy use olive oil to reduce the saturated fat. Coconut oil is over 90 percent sat fat.