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Sauteed Kale with Bacon

January 20, 2017 by Lauren Schmidt Leave a Comment

This recipe for Sauteed Kale with Bacon is the best way to enjoy healthy kale! Fresh kale is sautéed with bacon, garlic, and chicken broth to make a super flavorful yet this easy and quick side dish, truly the best of all the kale and bacon recipes.

Kale Recipe with Bacon

My son slept about a total of 2 hours last night. I am exhausted. Luckily I have a husband who is ‘happy’ enough to help, and when I say happy I mean cranky but nonetheless we take turns dealing with the little night owl. It doesn’t happen often that Archie doesn’t sleep well so when it does it hits both of us like a ton of bricks. So on days like this by the time dinner rolls around I need easy. I am not saying I don’t like easy every night but on nights when you are moving a little slower then usual meals that are simple are key. So to share a perfect example of a side dish I would make on a night much like tonight here is my recipe for Sauteed Kale with Bacon.

I love having kale as a side dish because we all know kale is a great super food full of vitamins and nutrients. I actually had a few moments to myself earlier this week that I got to get caught up on my magazine reading and I read an interesting fact that kale is super high in calcium and when it is cooked the amount of calcium actually becomes higher. I was very glad to see this because I am not a huge fan of raw kale, I prefer mine sauteed 😉

Sauteed Kale with Bacon is truly so easy I would even barely call it a recipe. You cook the bacon in a skillet, remove the bacon, add kale and garlic to the remaining bacon grease, you cook slightly, deglaze with chicken broth, and once the kale is soft you add the bacon back in and serve. So easy you barely have to think. So the next time you are so exhausted you can’t think throw a couple of chicken breasts on the grill, sauté up some kale and boom dinner. You are welcome 🙂

Sauteed Kale with Bacon

Sauteed Kale with Bacon

Yield: serves 4

Sauteed Kale with Bacon

bowl full of sauteed kale and bacon pieces

Fresh kale quickly sauteed with bacon make the perfect easy side dish

Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 slices bacon
  • 4 cups chopped kale
  • 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth

Instructions

  1. Cut bacon into 1 inch pieces. Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium heat 5-7 minutes until crispy.
  2. Remove bacon from pan and set aside. Leave bacon grease in pan.
  3. Add garlic and kale to skillet, toss until bacon grease covers all of the kale. Let cook for 1-2 minutes until the garlic starts to brown.
  4. Deglaze the pan with the chicken broth.
  5. Let the kale continue to cook 6-8 minutes, stirring occasionally until soft.
  6. Add bacon back into skillet. Serve immediately.

Notes

Bacon may also be cooked in a full strip and then crumbled once cooked.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 86Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 9mgSodium: 297mgCarbohydrates: 9gFiber: 3gSugar: 2gProtein: 6g

Nutritional data is automated, final nutritional information will depend on ingredients used and any changes made.

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a comment below on the blog or share a photo with me tag @the_schmidty_wife! Can't wait to see what you made!

© Lauren Schmidt
Cuisine: American / Category: Side Dishes

If you enjoyed this recipe or any of my others let me know by using #theschmidtywife on social media!

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Peace & Love

Lauren, The Schmidty Wife

P.S. Looking for more side dish recipes? Check out my Garlic Parmesan Mashed Cauliflower or my Oven Roasted Broccoli. 

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Lemon Chicken & Kale Soup 

December 23, 2016 by Lauren Schmidt Leave a Comment

This Lemon and Chicken Soup with Kale is a delicious healthy soup. Naturally creamy without dairy, your family will be eating this up in no time!

So it happens to every family, most often in the winter months… a case of colds or flus or stomach bugs, pick your poison it’s the worst. No one likes getting sick and I found after becoming a parent a house full of sickness is even worse then what I could have imagined. To feel absolute crummy yourself but have to pretend everything is okay because you still have to take care of everything is zero fun.

And the reason I am talking about sickness today is because once that sickness starts to wind down everyone is always so hungry, but you want something still soothing and healthy. That’s where Lemon Chicken & Kale Soup comes in, sure Chicken Noodle is hard to beat but this one steps up with a ton more healthy veggies and so much more flavor. It’s so good in fact you don’t have to be sick to make it!

Full of carrots, celery, ginger, lemon, chicken, and kale its hard to come up with something else that is so full of comfort yet so healthy.

Lemon Chicken & Kale Soup is incredibly easy to make. This soup basically came about as I started mixing some of my favorite elements of different soups. You have your typical carrots, celery, and onions as the base of your soup, I threw in fresh ginger because I think it balances out lemon so perfectly and if you really do have an upset tummy ginger will settle it down. I use Chicken thighs for this soup because in my opinion they are the most flavorful part of the bird (and cheap). And instead of noodles or rice I go straight for more more healthy vegetables.

You will simmer the carrots, celery, onion, ginger and chicken in the chicken stock until everything is nice and tender. Then you remove the chicken from the soup, set a side to cool for a few minutes.

Meanwhile you will mix the juice from the lemon with the egg yolks. It will make an amazing delicious creamy flavorful broth!

Using a ladle and while continuing to stir the lemon/yolk mixture you will slowly drizzle some of the soup broth into the lemon/yolk mixture. Continue to stir the mixture and add another ladle full of soup broth. You should have a bright yellow creamy mixture that will make your whole soup come together.

You will then stir in the kale and shred the chicken and add it back to the soup. Carefully stir in the lemon/yolk mixture, turn off the heat and cover. You will then let it ret rest for 10 minutes. Then find the ginger pieces and remove because no one likes to take a big bite into those. Serve immediately.

So whether you are looking for a healthy option or you too have a house full of sickos I hope you enjoy my Lemon Chicken & Kale Soup.

Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup

Yield: 8 cups

Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup 

Lemon Chicken and Kale Soup 

This Lemon & Chicken Soup with Kale is naturally creamy without dairy your family will be eating this up in no time.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

  • 3 carrots, sliced
  • 2 celery ribs, sliced
  • 5-6 skinless boneless chicken thighs
  • 1 inch fresh ginger, sliced
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • 1 lemon
  • 8 cups chicken stock
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 cups chopped kale
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Add carrots, celery, onion, ginger, and chicken to a large pot or dutch oven. Zest lemon on top of vegetables and chicken. Add chicken stock to pot.
  2. Heat covered over high until boiling, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 40 minutes until chicken and vegetables are tender.
  3. Remove chicken from soup, set a side to cool for a few minutes.
  4. Meanwhile mix the juice from the lemon with the egg yolks. Using a ladle and while continuing to stir the lemon/yolk mixture slowly drizzle some of the soup broth into the lemon/yolk mixture. Continue to stir the mixture and add another ladle full of soup broth. You should have a bright yellow creamy mixture.
  5. Stir the kale into the pot of soup. Shred the chicken and stir onto the pot of soup.
  6. Carefully stir in the lemon/yolk mixture into the soup. Add salt and pepper to taste. Turn off the heat and cover. Let rest for 10 minutes.
  7. Remove ginger pieces and serve immediately. Enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 544Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 358mgSodium: 1124mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 4gSugar: 12gProtein: 58g

Nutritional data is automated, final nutritional information will depend on ingredients used and any changes made.

Did you make this recipe?

Please leave a comment below on the blog or share a photo with me tag @the_schmidty_wife! Can't wait to see what you made!

© Lauren Schmidt
Cuisine: American

If you enjoyed this recipe or any of my others let me know by using #theschmidtywife on social media!

And make sure you are following me on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook for all the latest recipes!

Peace & Love

Lauren, The Schmidty Wife

P.S. Looking for more soup recipes? Check out my Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup or my Simple Vegetable Rice Soup.

Please note that my links above may be affiliate links, and I will earn a commission if you purchase through these links. I recommend them because they are helpful, and are companies that I trust, not because of the commissions that I may earn from you using these products.

i’m lauren

Welcome to my food blog, The Schmidty Wife. I’m all about making Real Fresh Food for Real Fun Families. Here you can find delicious recipes to bring the family together at the table. My recipes are for any home cook, they focus on real ingredients that people are familiar with. From crockpot meals, to easy chicken recipes, fun pizzas, and drinks everyone will find something to love!

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