swiss chard recipe

Simple Sautéed Swiss Chard with onions, garlic and a splash of balsamic vinegar. A healthy low calorie side dish.

simple sautéed swiss chard

Swiss chard, or rainbow chard

olive oil

garlic,

onion,

salt

dry thyme and nutmeg

pepper

balsamic vinegar, optional

Chop and clean Swiss Chard

Stack several pieces of Swiss chard on work surface. Remove stems and set aside. Roughly cut leaves into pieces about 2-inch square. Repeat with the remaining swiss chard. Transfer the chopped leaves to a salad spinner filled with water. Drain, repeat washing if necessary, and spin dry. Rinse and chop the Swiss chard stems (about the same size as the diced onion.)

Cook The Swiss Chard

Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add chopped chard stems, garlic, onion, salt, thyme, nutmeg and pepper and cook, stirring often until the onions are starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add chopped cleaned Swiss chard leaves, 2 tablespoons water and cover. Let wilt, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove lid and continue cooking, stirring occasionally until the Swiss chard is completely wilted and softened, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and drizzle with balsamic vinegar if using. Serve hot.

Delicious! Definitely add the viegar, even just a little.

This is a great, simple recipe.  I loved it.   Thanks for sharing.

Loved this recipe and so simple. We added some sliced red pepper which was a way to use it up. We did have it with the vinegar which was tasty.

So easy and so yummy, loved the balsamic! Thanks for a great recipe 

This was so good. I usually just freeze my chard for winter soup making.  Followed your recipe and added fig balsamic vinegar which is a bit sweeter than regular balsamic.  Thanks for the recipe.

I did this recipe to use up a glut of chard in our veg patch. My husband can be a bit fussy, but loves mushrooms so I chucked in a whole load of mushrooms too and sauteed them with the onion &amp; chard stalks. Our chard is quite "earthy" so I also added a veggie stock cube, a slosh of white wine (just because I had a glass on the go) &amp; a teaspoon of sugar.  The result was delicious and got hubby's seal of approval - yay!

In all honesty, chard is not one of my favorite things. But, someone gave me a large bunch of it that I needed to use up. 


 I liked the balsamic drizzle. But, would add more the next time around as it sort of disappeared to my taste. Perhaps I'll add some lemon juice too. This time around I also added some sliced button mushrooms that were lurking around the fridge, so perhaps that added a little more moisture to the pan.



 I've pinned this recipe to use again in the future.

This was delicious! I made it with the vinegar and we really liked it.

Awesome! The different flavors and textures worked out really well, and the color also! This was a real winner.

I’ve never had Swiss chard before but my cousin gave me some fresh out of her garden. I decided to try this because it looked easy. It was easy but very delicious! Paired with a grilled cheese sandwich it was a great simple supper. 

Love this! So good with almonds, cranberries and golden raisins
And in a Japanese style bowl of short grain brown rice.
Thank you!

Super good. I added tempeh for some protein and a serrano pepper for kick. Definitely should have used two bunches of chard.

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Simple Sautéed Swiss Chard

This simple Swiss chard recipe is an easy, healthy, and delicious side dish! You could also toss it with pasta or serve it over creamy polenta to make it a meal.

Sautéed Swiss Chard

Swiss chard

garlic (thinly sliced)

sea salt (more

Lemon wedge (for squeezing)

black pepper

Slice the stems off the chard leaves and chop the stems into 1/4-inch slices. Coarsely chop the leaves.

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chard stems and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, or until they begin to soften. Add the chard leaves, garlic, salt, and several grinds of pepper, and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the leaves are wilted.

Turn off the heat, squeeze a little lemon juice over the chard, and toss. Season to taste and serve.

Swiss chard makes for the best-sautéed vegetable side dish. It&#39;s quick, easy, and tastes delicious with fresh garlic!

Garlic Sautéed Swiss Chard

swiss chard (approximately 6 to 8 stems)

garlic

water

kosher salt (to taste)

Prep the Swiss chard. Remove the stems at the bottom of the leaves and slice them up. Roll the leaves into a cigar-like shape and slice across horizontally into one-inch wide strips.

Cook the garlic and stems. Heat the olive oil in a sauté pan on medium heat. Add the minced garlic and sauté for 30 seconds. Then, add the water and chard stems and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until softened.

Add the leaves. Cook for an additional 4 to 5 minutes, until the chard leaves wilt down.

Serve. Before serving, sprinkle with kosher salt, to taste.

Fantastic.   Added sliced red peppers and a few red onions.

I added in portabellas and some onion
Yum

Very tasty and healthy. This is definitely a keeper with our home grown chard.

The chard itself cooked very well, but there was hardly any flavor with that little garlic and zero spice. I even added some salt and pepper and it only marginally helped.

If anything, cook a small garlic and herb compound butter sauce in parallel to the chard and pour it over top when cooking the chard leaves. THAT will give you flavor.

These collards were awesome. Used the ones from our garden. Thanks!

Amazing and delicious.  First time cooking Swiss chard, Added Everglade seasoning and smoked garlic as my seasoning. Enjoyed it with cauliflower rice and curried chicken.

First time cooking Swiss Chard and loved your very simple recipe. So tasty. Thank you 

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