Name: Kale Chips Recipe
Yield: 4 as snack
Ingredients: 4 giant handfuls of kale, torn into bite-sized pieces and tough stems removed (about 1/3 pound); 1-2 tablespoons olive oil; sea salt or kosher salt

Why it works: Kale and olive match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 647 recipes. Both carry coumarin, which smells sweet, hay. The science ↓

Kale Chips Recipe

4 as snack

Ingredients

4 giant handfuls of kale, torn into bite-sized pieces and tough stems removed (about 1/3 pound)
1-2 tablespoons olive oil
sea salt or kosher salt

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

126Calories

1 gProtein

14 gFat

1 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Spinach	1 cup raw (30g)	7
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By steamykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Kale + olivetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together647 recipes

Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

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