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This easy and simple Swiss chard recipe is cooked on the stovetop in 5-6 minutes with a few diced onions, olive oil, salt, pepper, and a dash of lemon juice.
This recipe for Swiss chard gives you the techniques to become comfortable in adding these greens to your side dish vegetable dinner rotation.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• 1 bunch Swiss chard, destemmed and chopped
• ¼ cup onions, diced
• salt
• black pepper
• 2 Tbsp lemon, juiced
Directions:
• Rinse and de-stem Swiss chard. Slice the stems and set aside. Chop the chard into chunks.
• Bring a 10" pan to medium high heat and add a little olive oil.
• Add onions and Chard stems and a dash of salt and cook ~ 3-4 minutes or until soft.
• Add the Swiss Chard, salt, and pepper. Cook ~ 2 minutes or until Chard is wilted, stirring.
• Add a squeeze of lemon juice.
• Add salt and more lemon juice to taste.
Serve simple sautéed swiss chard with New York Strip Steak, Roasted Chicken Thighs, Red Lentils and Rice, or Creamy Mushroom Pasta.
Healthy and Simple Chard Greens For The Win!
Greens are good for you! Swiss chard is healthy and tasty.
Elevate your side dish game and add this simple and healthy Swiss chard recipe to the rotation.
Bonus - eat the stems of Swiss Chard. Slice them and stir fry a couple minutes before adding the leafy greens to the pan.
Chard greens cook in a matter of a couple minutes - just enough to get them wilted.
Swiss Chard and Leafy Green Bitterness
Swiss chard is a green that can be bitter, kinda like spinach, kale, or collard greens.
I personally love the taste of all greens whether they are raw or cooked. Having said that, cooking will mellow out the bitterness.
Likewise, the addition of a LITTLE acid like lemon juice or vinegar and salt helps to minimize any bitterness.
How To Cook Swiss Chard
Cooking Swiss Chard is super easy.
Wash chard and chop it.
Bring a pan to medium high heat and add a touch of oil (olive oil, vegetable, avocado, butter, ghee, whatever....)
Add chopped Swiss chard.
Add salt and pepper and favorite spices or herbs.
Cook 2-4 minutes or until wilted.
Add a splash of lemon juice or vinegar if you like. This will help with any bitterness that the chard has naturally.
Variations on Cooking Simple Swiss Chard
I love a simple recipe. This easy Swiss Chard dish can be customized differently every time you cook it.
Don't have lemon juice? Use a splash of vinegar instead.
Add minced garlic or ginger.
Try some cheese! A dash of goat cheese, Parmesan cheese, or feta cheese.
Add a couple nuts: pine nuts, slivered almonds, pistachios...
Stir in your favorite herbs or spices: curry, coriander, garam masala, Italian seasoning, chili powder
Try a different oil: butter, ghee, sesame oil, peanut oil, walnut oil...
Add some more flavor! Try a splash of soy sauce or sriracha sauce.
Make Swiss Chard a Main Dish
Want to make Swiss chard a main dish? Try adding any of these things to bulk up Swiss Chard into a stellar main recipe:
Add some pasta and some white beans with a couple tomatoes.
Throw in diced boiled eggs and serve with quinoa and pesto.
Add cooked rice, fresh herbs, and chunks of rotisserie chicken.
Tell me what you did and what you tried. I'd love to hear from you!
