Crunchy kale chips

This is my first time attempting to make kale chips. Don't judge me :-) ha ha!

The first thing you'll need is some kale. I happen to be leaving from my mother's fridge (thank you mom) and found two nice large leaves.

Next you will want to cut the inner stems off of the leaves, because they are very tough, and do not make good chip like material.

Now you have to decide how large you would like your chips, and you begin to cut/tear the leaves into the appropriate sizes. Try to make sure each piece has a bit of the curly end of the leaves, because this helps to lift the leaf off the pan, creating a fluffier crispier chip.

I made mine roughly the size, and a little bit bigger.

Put a drizzle of grapeseed oil into your hand, roughly half a teaspoon to 1 teaspoon of oil. You could also use olive oil here, or for a flavor change, coconut oil or sesame oil. Yum! Sesame oil with a little garlic and ginger powder sprinkled on? I think this will have to be tried!

Use your hand to brush this oil well onto all of your leaves. I use the same motion as though I were mixing hamburger patties with my hands. You want to make sure all areas of the leaves have a light coating of the oil.

Be careful not to use too much oil though, or they will not get crispy in time. It will just weigh them down.

Line a pan with foil, for ease of cleaning, and to ensure your chips don't stick. I lightly oiled mine, but I do not think I would next time. This ended up being a little bit too much grease that way. Spread your leaves out so that they are not touching each other. If you are doing more than two leaves you may need a larger pan or you may need to use two pans. If the leaves are touching each other, they will just wilt and not get crispy. The moisture from The other leaf somehow prevents the leaves from drying out properly on the areas they are overlapped.

I just sprinkled mine with a little bit of sea salt since this was my first time. Then you turn your oven on broil, and put them in for about a minute and a half. You need to watch them very closely. Mine actually burned a little bit, because they were too close to the broiler.

Those burnt areas did not taste very good… anyway, flip the leaves over using tongs or your fingers (because they cool off quickly) and put it back in the oven on broil for another minute and a half to two minutes. Watch it the entire time. It's not very long, you can do it!

And voilà! There you have it! Kale chips.Yum!

Oh wait… They are gone.

Kale chips:

- 2 large leaves of kale, washed and well dried

- 1 tsp grape seed oil

-sea salt

De-stem your kale leaves, and cut into chip-sized pieces. toss with oil and arrange in a single layer on a foil-lined baking sheet. (9X13)

Broil for 2 minutes, flip and broil another two minutes, watching the entire time to ensure your chips do not burn. 

Cool and enjoy!