Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, braised wilted chard. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have braised wilted chard using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Braised Wilted Chard:
- Take 3 slice thick cut bacon, cut into smaller pieces
- Prepare 1/4 cup diced onion
- Get 2 clove garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 bunch swiss chard, cleaned
- Get salt & pepper
- Get 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg or to taste
- Take 3 tbsp sunflower seeds, shelled & roasted
Instructions to make Braised Wilted Chard:
- Throughly clean chard. Remove any bruised areas. Cut the chard in half, separating the stem from the leaf part. Slice the stem & combine with the garlic & onion. Reserve the leaves.
- In a deep skillet or shallow wide pot, fry the bacon pieces until crispy. Remove the bacon & drain on a paper towel, keeping the bacon grease in the skillet.
- To the hot grease add the swiss chard stem, garlic, & onion mixture. Sauté until tender on medium heat. Add salt & pepper.
- While the mixture is cooking, tear the leaves into smaller pieces. Feel free to leave the ribs in the leaf mixture. They are quite nutritious & will get tender like the stems.
- Add the leaves to the top of the stem mixture. Sprinkle with nutmeg & more salt & pepper, if desired. Cover with a lid & cook on medium for 2-3 minutes.
- Remove lid. Using tongs mix all well. When leaves are wilted & harder ingredients are softened the dish is ready.
- Just before serving; mix in the bacon pieces & roasted sunflower seeds.
- Try different types of onions to give the dish some delicious variations!
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