From hip, urban cafes to the sprawling aisles of your local Costco, you'd be hard-pressed to find a thriving restaurant or grocer that doesn't sell the tough, leafy green. Yet you might have an equally hard time successfully replicating the almighty kale salad at home. The roughage can be tasteless if not bitter, and what's the point of eating your veggies if you have to douse them in fatty dressing to make them palatable?
These are exactly the types of issues that Dan Souza and Molly Birnbaum wanted to solve when they set out to write Cook's Science Cook's Illustrated's super-nerdy guide to navigating a home cook's most vexing questions. One of those methods includes man-handling kale leaves in order to soften their texture, a tip kale enthusiasts describe as massaging the kale. The enthusiasts aren't wrongmassaging kale does help wilt and soften the leaves, but it's also partially to blame for kale's bitterness.
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You can stir-fry kale, too. What is the best way to eat kale? Cooked and boiled — Kale is a seriously tough green, and while it can be great in raw salads, sometime we like it soft and silky. In a soup — Kale's sturdy texture makes it the perfect green to throw into a pot of soup.
How long should you boil kale for? How do you make kale tender? How to Tenderize Kale: Cut rib of each washed and dried kale leaf off. Roll up the de-ribbed leaves, roll and cut into strips. Place cut kale into a bowl and drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice and a pinch of salt. Literally rub or massage kale for approximately 5 minutes or until tender.
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Here, the most common types of kale and how they can best kale up your life. But even if it's basic, curly kale still deserves recognition. Like all other kales, it's also high in vitamins K, C, and B as well as fiber and antioxidants. It even has more vitamin C than an orange! It's the typical kale you find in the grocery store, packaged in bags or boxes or in bunches in the fresh produce section.
It's dark green with curly edges on each leaf and it has super-tough stems which you generally want to remove before cooking or eating. Since it's a bit tougher than other kales, you'll need to massage it with some citrus or acidic substance to break it down if you're eating in raw, like in a salad.
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