How to Chop and Cook Kale

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Today is Kale Day at the Kingsbury's.
I've got three different kinds of kale - red Russian kale, lacinato or elephant kale and Scotch curly leaf kale.
Starting with massaging curly leaf kale. First cut off the stems. To do that fold the leaf in half and cut down beside the stem.
You can also just tear the leafs off of the stem with your hands.
Take the pile of de-stemmed kale and chop it fine. Turn it, chop it the other way. Then massage it.
I picked up the massaging kale trick from a cookbook called Wild About Greens by Nava Atlas. She gives three different ways of massaging kale - with salt, olive oil or lemon juice. She prefers the olive oil method and so do I.
Get a little bit of olive oil on your hands and then start rubbing the kale together to soften it. And that's all you do! Massaged kale!
On our website we have a sample recipe from Nava Atlas's book Wild About Greens, Kale and Cucumber Salad with Avocado Tahini Dressing. Use massaged kale and add a cucumber, shredded carrot, fresh parsley, scallions sliced thin, then the avocado tahini dressing.
It's very very easy to do a kale salad like that. You can use any combination of veggies or any dressing that you like.
Now chop some lacinato kale and use it in a stir fry. Cut out the stems.
After all the stems are removed from the lacinato kale, pile it and chop into thin ribbons, then do a stir fry.
Just add a little bit of oil, maybe a teaspoon to the pan, add carrots, ginger, garlic and stir fry them, then add just a bit of water, cover and steam for a couple of minutes.
After all the water has steamed away, add red and green peppers, stir those until they start getting soft, then add zucchini slices.
Stir fry just until the zucchini starts to look a little limp.
Add a little water - just a touch - put the lid on and let it steam for a couple of minutes.
Now add a little coriander (or other seasonings). Give that a stir, then add the kale.
Cover and let it steam. If you've washed your kale usually the water that's clinging to the leaves is enough to steam it.
Give it a couple of minutes and see how it's doing, and add a little bit of water if it starts to stick, then steam some more. When the kale has wilted, uncover and let any water that's left cook off.
Adding a little splash off Ume plum vinegar gives it a little fruity taste. Plus it adds that acid which keeps the leaves bright green.
A little tamari soy sauce adds a bit of salt, Throw in some scallions and lightly steam them if you like, and a splash of lemon juice, stir that together, then it should be ready to eat.Yum yum!
Now lightly steam some red russian kale. For this type of kale, you don't really need to cut out the stem because the leaves are very tender and you can just strip them off.
Bundle it up, slice it, and then slice it the other way. You'll be amazed at how little this pile of kale actually makes when it's cooked.
If you want to use the stems, slice them very thin on the diagonal.
First steam the stems because they are tougher. Put them in the pan, add a little water, put on the lid and let them steam for maybe five minutes. Then add the leaves, sprinkle a little lemon juice, put the lid on and let them steam for a minute of two.
Thanks for joining me to celebrate Kale Day at the Kingsbury's!
Enjoy your kale and see you next time!
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YAY!  HAPPY KALE DAY!!  Great idea massaging the kale first.  I'll choose lemon juice for me.  Although I wouldn't get rid of the stem.  I'll leave the upper part that are soft.  Thank you for all these great ideas.  me do that!

SarahKaufman
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EXACTLY what I needed. God's bless you for this

manlymanmann
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Hi Judith, in case of curled kale, just cut out the main stem and put the remaining leaves in a plastic bag and put it in the fridge at minus18 degrees celsius for a few hours. Then take it out right before cooking and (while still in the bag) you smash the frozen leaves by hand until it consist of tiny pieces. This is way faster and the pieces become much smaller then when cutting. 

Hetzish
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Thank you so much.  It was a really useful video.  I can't wait to cook the beautiful kale I found in my grocery store -- the curly one.  Western kale has finally come to Hong Kong!!

catquack
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i just made some soup and i put kale and i love it!

guanabacoacoa
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made this. Love it! Actually, I love everything on this website!

donnabrown
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Do you have to massage it with oil? Or can you massage w/o?

Along
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that was great, i'm a converted cooked kale eater now

colinwtom
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What are the best cooking sauces to use with vegetables?

eddyvideostar
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*Video - How to Chop and Cook Kale:* Three different kinds of kale, massaged kale too. Love love love kale! How 'bout you? #kale #howtocookkale #massagedkale

savvyveg
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What is wrong with the kale stem why it is not cook ?

viviennehinds
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Hi Judith! I am just learning how to cook with these kind of vegetables and I am wondering what is the benefit of massaging the kale??? Does it improve the taste or something else?

lisav
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How 'bout some kale with your tofu & quinoa? Video - How to Chop & Cook Kale - 3 different kinds, and massage it too! How to Chop and Cook Kale

savvyveg
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omg esta es mujer is awesome. super informative video.

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Judy sype replied to my comments.   What is the world coming to?  go away for fucks sake.  my vids are straight, , , I do and say thjings efficiently, , , im not a Judith

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All the worst vegetables together lol. Each to their own.

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