hi i'm becky streepy from glue and
glitter and today
we're making kale chips in the airfryer
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y'all are you obsessed with kale chips i
absolutely love them i would snack on
them
all day every day if they weren't so
expensive i know you can make kale chips
in the oven but i feel like it just
takes so long and i hate
waiting and i hate meticulously
spreading them out in a single layer on
a baking sheet
and that's why i decided to create a
recipe for kale chips in the airfryer
the airfryer not only cuts your cooking
time down by half
but you don't have to worry about that
single layer
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before we get to the recipe though let's
talk a little bit about seasoning
options
you can leave these plain and just
season them with salt
but if you prefer a little bit more of a
flavor punch like i do you have lots of
options
in the video i'm using my homemade ranch
seasoning but you can actually use one
to two tablespoons of any seasoning that
you like
a tablespoon of zatar seasoning or
italian seasoning is great on these you
can also get like a cheesy chip by using
nutritional yeast and garlic powder and
onion powder
i also love to season these with my
magical fairy dust if i have some made
and i'll link to that recipe
in the description too in case you want
to make that as your seasoning
and then in the video i'm going to show
you how to do the ranch seasoning which
you only need a few herbs and spices to
make
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one question i always get about making
kale chips in the airfryer
is whether you can double the recipe and
i would say that this really depends on
the size of your air fryer you don't
want to overfill the basket
your air fryer has a fill line it's
usually around the halfway mark and i
wouldn't even fill it up halfway
i would say maybe a quarter to a third
full is the most that you'd want for the
kale chips because
the cooking time is very short and you
want to make sure that there's enough
space in there that the air can
circulate really well
and come into contact with all of the
kale
that's how you'll get the most
consistent and crispy results if you
double the recipe you'll probably need
to add a couple of minutes of extra
cooking time and i would add those extra
minutes
one minute at a time shaking in between
because you want to make sure
everything's really moving around and
that you're checking in often because
like i mentioned earlier
it's very easy to burn these so keeping
a good eye on them is always key
i definitely encourage you to eat these
immediately
when you buy kale chips at the store
they come with one of those little
desiccant packs
in the bag without the desiccant to soak
up any moisture in the air around the
kale chips they'll get soggy pretty
quickly
and honestly this really doesn't make a
ton of kale chips it starts with four
cups of kale
but as you'll see it reduces during the
cooking process
and i would be surprised if you couldn't
eat all of that in one sitting
because they're also just super
delicious and addictive all right y'all
let's make some kale chips
start by stemming your kale you're gonna
want to end up with
four cups of loosely packed kale leaves
and
it's very important that you cut the
stems away that's because those thick
stems cook a lot more slowly in the
airfryer
or in any conditions then the leaves
will
so if you leave the stems on you're
going to either end up with crispy kale
chips
but undercooked stems or if you cook
them long enough that the stems
get crispy the leaves are just going to
be burnt to a crisp so definitely stem
them
you can save those kale stems if you
want to to use in like a stir fry or in
a soup or a stew they're really good
actually if you chop them up and
saute them and add them to something
like that but
do not put them in the airfryer attached
to those kale leaves it's not going to
work out for you
when you de-stem your kale slice the
pieces up into
larger than bite-sized pieces like i
mentioned earlier they're gonna reduce
in size
so you want kind of bigger pieces of
kale knowing that they'll shrink down to
kale's chip size
in the air fryer then add a little bit
of olive oil and a little bit of salt
and get in there with clean hands and
just very lightly massage them
we are not going for like a kale salad
wilted kale you just kind of want to
make sure that you rub the oil
into all of the kale leaves they'll
brighten and color a little bit but
you're not going for wilted it's really
just a few seconds of massaging with
your hands
then transfer the kale chips to your air
fryer basket and i like to give it a
little shake
to distribute the kale evenly but there
is no need to worry about a single layer
cook them at 370 for four to six minutes
and make sure that you shake the basket
really well every two minutes
that way your kale will move around and
everything will cook
evenly so we're not worrying about the
single layer at the beginning
but we're going to shake thoroughly
during the cooking process when you
shake the basket you're also going to be
checking on the kale for doneness and
actually during that last two minutes i
would recommend checking in every minute
because this kale can go from soft
to cooked and then to burnt very quickly
so keep an eye on things to make sure
that you end up with delicious crispy
kale chips and not
burnt in edible kale chips because i
don't want that for you once they're
crisped up in the airfryer you can eat
them as is or you can season them
i'm using my homemade branch seasoning
which consists of a teaspoon of dried
dill
half a teaspoon of garlic powder half a
teaspoon of onion powder
and a tablespoon of nutritional yeast
it's going to seem like you have a lot
of seasoning to chip ratio but don't
worry that is exactly what you want
dump on all of those seasonings and then
you can use a spoon or your hands
to gently mix the seasoning in with the
kale chips be very gentle because
kale chips are crispy which means
they're fragile and you don't want to
crumble them
you just want to mix them so kind of
fold the spices in
to the chips until you have them nice
and coated and then you're ready to
snack
i hope that this video has answered all
of your questions about how to make kale
chips in the airfryer
if you have any questions that i didn't
address feel free to drop a comment
i'm always happy to help and don't
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happy cooking
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