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Seasoned Kale Chips

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Last week, my friend Baily gave me an Instagram shout out when she posted a picture of her first batch of homemade kale chips.  You see, I coached her through the process a bit, using my blog archives as a reference.  It was nerdy to the nth degree.

But nerdy-ness aside, it was then I spent a few brief moments in nostalgia-land daydreaming about my old kitchen realized that I hadn’t made kale chips since last year.  Waiting the appropriate amount of time before re-blogging about a dish is a food blogger’s dilemma.  A dilemma that often results in forgetting about said dish completely.

I decided to ditch the sriracha this time around and bake seasoned kale chips, which was totally an excuse to browse the local spices at Whole Foods.  I landed on this Wildly Natural One because the list of ingredients immediately induced a drool situation.

Because these chips didn’t have the added sriracha moisture, they only needed to bake for about 17 minutes before they were super, super crispy.  And the Wildly Natural One seasoning was amazing.  It gave the chips that little extra something that made you think they were store-bought.  De-lish!

Sriracha Kale Chips

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Watching the incredibly cute video below reminded me that kale chips were on my baking to-do list.

Cute, right?  I love when he says “it seems to me that we can either pay the farmer or we can pay the hospital”.  So true!

Knowing that I’d want a spicier chip, I added a hefty amount of Sriracha.

Foodfash Sriracha Kale Chips

8 ounces of kale, de-spined and broken into bite sized pieces

2 tablespoons of olive oil

2 tablespoons of Sriracha

salt to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix the olive oil and Sriracha in a small bowl.  Dry the kale completely and then drizzle the olive oil and Sriracha mix over the kale.  Use your hands to massage the kale, making sure that every piece has been coated.  Place the kale on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the kale is crispy.

The kale chips were exactly what I was expecting taste-wise: crispy, spicy goodness.  However, I did not anticipate how addictive they’d be.  I placed the bowl of chips next to me as I was editing photos and by the time I was finished with the photos, the kale chips were finished as well.  Oops!

Do you find kale chips addictive?  Have you tried any surprisingly good flavor combos?