Best Kale Chips Recipe Oven
Bake kale chips for about 20 minutes remove from the oven and flip the over and bake for another 2 minutes.
Best kale chips recipe oven. Let kale chips sit for about 5 minutes to crisp up even more before enjoying. Tear kale into large pieces it will shrink as it bakes. Combine the kale olive oil salt and pepper in a large bowl and massage the olive oil and seasonings into the kale.
Preheat the oven to 275 f. The higher quality olive oil the better the kale chips will taste. But if your oven is too hot the kale will burn before it has a chance to get nice and crunchy.
Once this happens stop massaging. Fill a large bowl with water and add kale. I use a salad spinner to dry them well quickly spread the dry kale leave pieces out in a single layer on a baking sheet.
Baking kale chips at any temperature lower than 300 f will require a lot of patience. All ovens are different so adjust baking time to desired texture of kale chips. As you massage the kale it will become darker in color and slightly wilted.
Remove leaves from thick stems. Dry the leaves thoroughly as excess water can leave your kale chips soggy rather than crispy. Pour sauce over kale leaves and use your hands to mix together and make sure that all kale leaves are coated with the sauce.
Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling approximately 1 2 to 1 tablespoon of oil per bunch of kale. Bake kale at 300ºf for 7 9 minutes watching very closely. I doubled the recipe in the photos using about the equivalent of two large bunches of kale fresh from the garden.