Add some spice to the popular superfood with this kale side dish, bursting with ginger, chilli and garlic.
Serve up as a healthy side dish to chicken or salmon, or simply tuck into a bowl full of the healthy good stuff.
Serves: 2 (as an accompaniment)
Preparation Time: 5minutes
Cooking Time: 7minutes
What You’ll Need:
- 200g kale
- 2cm piece of fresh ginger, peeled
- 4 spring onions, trimmed
- 2 tbsp ground nut oil
- half a red chilli, deseeded and
- very finely sliced
- large clove garlic, peeled and
- very finely sliced
- squeeze of fresh lime (optional)
What To Do:
- Place the kale into a large saucepan, cover with water and bring to the boil then simmer for 4 minutes.
- Finely chop the ginger and cut the spring onions into lengths – about 3cm – slicing on the diagonal. Drain the kale really well and heat the oil in a large frying pan or wok. Add the chilli, garlic, ginger and spring onions and cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes – you must not let the garlic go darker than golden in colour.
- Add the drained kale into the pan and combine it with the remaining ingredients (apart from the lime). Cook for about 1 1/2 minutes, constantly tossing the kale to heat it through. This will also allow it to take on the flavours of the other ingredients. Season to taste, add a squeeze of fresh lime and serve immediately.
- Alternative suggestion: Leave out the ginger and you have a perfect accompaniment for Italian dishes. If you’re eating it with Chinese or Thai food you can add soy sauce to taste.
Recipe from discoverkale.co.uk