I'll make more next time. I asked at the health food store if it would reduce in size and she insisted it wouldn't. So I cut about 6 or 7 large leaves into strips (about a third of the bunch), washed, spun, tossed with OO and roasted at the 250 temp for 35 minutes. The pieces lightly covered a large cookie sheet, but then completely collapsed to thin pieces. Ended up with one (I call them French cafe au lait) bowls of chips out of it. Tasty, but for the time, I'd make ALL of the kale at the same time. It was the dark, ruffly stuff, might be Lacinato (definitely different from the precut bag of kale at the grocery store.)
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Thanks to Cyn for the Roasted Kale...it's a definite keeper. The only thing...
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desertjean
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I didn't notice much shrinkage but
I think next time I'll spritz it with my olive oil pump rather than toss. Some of the pieces that seemed to have too much oil were chewy rather than crispy. This was AWESOME tho. And done too early, we munched most of it while waiting for the rest of dinner to finish cooking smileys/smile.gif
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I think next time I'll spritz it with my olive oil pump rather than toss. Some of the pieces that seemed to have too much oil were chewy rather than crispy. This was AWESOME tho. And done too early, we munched most of it while waiting for the rest of dinner to finish cooking smileys/smile.gif
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm255/breadzone/food/IMGP8810.jpg?t=1236202080
I didin't do strips. It was almost like a chiffonade, but coarser. And it all turned out very
crispy and puffy. I'd say it all shrunk by about 1/3 in volume but I did the entire bunch of kale at once, in the same oven, on 2 sheets. They shrink quickly once out of the oven but only because someone can't keep his fingers out of the pot.
crispy and puffy. I'd say it all shrunk by about 1/3 in volume but I did the entire bunch of kale at once, in the same oven, on 2 sheets. They shrink quickly once out of the oven but only because someone can't keep his fingers out of the pot.
desertjean
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I was pretty gentle with them
Quick rinse and shake, patted dry and then very coarsely chopped. Tossed with evoo and salt, then roasted. The main issue, as I said, was the pieces that had too much oil as they shrunk up and ended up chewy. That's why I'll try it again with the pump and lightly spritz before tossing rather than drizzling.
Quick rinse and shake, patted dry and then very coarsely chopped. Tossed with evoo and salt, then roasted. The main issue, as I said, was the pieces that had too much oil as they shrunk up and ended up chewy. That's why I'll try it again with the pump and lightly spritz before tossing rather than drizzling.
cynupstateny
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This is what mine looked like, too, Mar. I think everyone who trys it likes it!
so what did I do different? Hmmm, just realized that Larry was supposed to pull
them out of the oven when the timer went off. I was showering then so I wonder if they cooked longer than the 35 minutes at 250? That's a big difference between what ya'lls looked like and mine.
Mine could be bagged as wafer chips.
them out of the oven when the timer went off. I was showering then so I wonder if they cooked longer than the 35 minutes at 250? That's a big difference between what ya'lls looked like and mine.
Mine could be bagged as wafer chips.
desertjean
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If you spun it, could that have broken it down before it hit the oven?