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Kale Chips Recipe - They're super easy to make and super nutritious! My kids LOVE them--it's one chip you can feel good about them eating, and they're a fortune in the health food store. So make 'em yourself and SAVE!

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Crunchy Dehydrated Kale Chips Recipe

Course: Snack
Cuisine: AIP, Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Keto, Low-Carb, Paleo, Vegan, whole30
Keyword: dehydrated kale chips recipe
Servings: 6 cups
Calories: 80kcal
This Homemade Kale Chips Recipe is a great healthy alternative to store-bought chips - so good that anytime I make them they are gone in a flash!
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Ingredients

  • 7 cups kale
  • 2-4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt (or to taste. Coarse salt can also be used.)

Instructions

  • Wash kale thoroughly.
  • Remove thick stems from kale (I chop the stems and saute them well to avoid waste).
  • Chop or tear kale leaves into large pieces.
  • Place kale pieces into a large bowl.
  • Add olive oil and mix to coat.
  • Add salt and mix to coat
  • Spread kale in a not-too-thick layer on dehydrator trays (or cookie sheets if using an oven).
  • Place trays in dehydrator and dehydrate until crispy dry. (I dry these at about 125°F and they take about 2½ hours.)
  • Store in airtight containers (I use both plastic containers and bags, though be careful with the bags as these will crush easily).
  • Hide from kids because these can really be quite tasty :-)!

Notes

  • You can make chips from kale, swiss chard -- really any kind of green.  But our favorite so far is the kale!
  • I dehydrate my kale at about 135 degrees (the temperature of the food is lower than the temperature setting on the dehydrator).  I know this doesn't leave the kale raw, but I have been doing quite a bit of reading on the dangers of eating raw cruciferous vegetables and how they can really wreak havoc on your thyroid.  The Healthy Home Economist has a great post on the problems with raw veggies - after reading that I no longer felt guilty about all the times that I passed over the raw broccoli and cauliflower at potlucks :-)!
  • You can, of course, make this kale chips recipe in your oven, but a dehydrator, especially the Excalibur Dehydrator, is a much better choice.  One of the main reasons why the Excalibur is great for making kale chips is that the trays are removable.  Kale chips are a lot taller than most foods you can dry, so you have to take out every other tray.  But even in my 9-tray machine I can only dry 4 trays worth of kale at one time.

Nutrition

Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 224mg | Potassium: 384mg | Vitamin A: 7809IU | Vitamin C: 94mg | Calcium: 117mg | Iron: 1mg | Net Carbs: 7g