These Sea Salt and Garlic Kale Chips are the perfect easy-to-make snack with a healthy crunch! They’re easy to make with basic ingredients and they’re a great healthy snack for on the go!
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*I originally posted this recipe in March 2016. I’m re-sharing today with updated photos, a video tutorial, and the same no-fail Kale Chips recipe you know and love! If there’s one food I might not be able to live without, it is potato chips. And movie theatre popcorn wins a close second place… What can I say? Savoury snacks are my weakness and I’ll always choose a salty treat over a something sweet. But when it comes to healthy eating goals, potato chips and butter-soaked popcorn aren’t exactly the best choices for a snack, am I right?
While I do believe in moderation when it comes to healthy eating, and enjoying treats every now and then is never off the table, I love trying new healthy snack recipes to enjoy so when I came across the Oh She Glows tutorial for Flawless Kale Chips I knew I had to try it. I had made Kale Chips in the past but the results were hardly edible. This time, they turned out perfectly crispy and crunchy! They’ve quickly become my new favourite healthy snack!
Looking for more healthy snacks? Try these Homemade Apple Chips or this Homemade Sweet and Salty Kettle-Cooked Popcorn!
How to make crunchy Kale Chips
The trick to these Sea Salt and Garlic Kale Chips is to massage only the tiniest bit of olive oil into every crack and crevice of each kale leaf, season them lightly with salt and a little bit of garlic powder, and bake them to perfection low and slow. The only downside to this recipe is that you have to let the kale chips cool on the pan for about 5 minutes before enjoying them, to make sure they stay crunchy and crispy. That is, if you can wait that long to dig in!
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Need more healthy snack ideas? Make up a Berry Banana Oat Smoothie, or these Healthy Toddler Friendly Mini Muffins.
I hope you enjoy this Sea Salt and Garlic Kale Chips recipe! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite no-guilt salty snack?
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No Fail Sea Salt and Garlic Kale Chips
Recipe: Ingredients
- 1 medium-sized bunch of kale washed and dried very well
- 2 tsp olive oil
- a pinch or two of salt
- a pinch of garlic powder
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 300 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Wash and dry one bunch of kale, making sure the leaves are completely dry. If there's any moisture left on the leaves you'll end up with soggy kale chips.
- Rip the leaves off the stems and away from the chewy veins of the kale and into chip-sized pieces.
- Arrange the pieces of kale on an unlined baking sheet.
- Drizzle the olive oil as evenly over the kale as possible. Using your hands, gently massage the oil into the kale leaves, making sure to massage the oil well into all the folds and onto the entire surface of each of the kale leaves. At first it may not seem that 2 teaspoons of oil will be enough but adding more oil will only add too much moisture. If you find you need a tiny bit more oil, add it one drop at a time.
- Once you've finished massaging the kale, sprinkle a pinch or two of sea salt and a pinch of garlic powder over the kale and add the pan to your preheated oven.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the pan, flipping any pieces that are starting to look crispy and bake for another 10-15 minutes, watching the pan closely for the last 7-8 minutes to prevent over browning.
- Remove the pan from the oven and leave the kale chips on the pan for 3-5 minutes before serving to they can crisp up even more!
Recipe: Notes
Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.
These kale chips came out great! Followed the recipe, then got brave and switched the oven setting to convection. They came out perfect in about 6 min. Had to really keep an eye on them. Thank you!
Glad you liked them! 🙂
It’s healthy and tasty. I try make it. Thank you for recipe!
Exactly, thank you Melissa!🙂
I made these day before yesterday and they are wonderful. Thank you!!
Glad you like them Elizabeth!🙂
This recipe looks great! I bought a bunch of kale and have been wanting to make kale chips! One bummer, I could hardly even get to the recipe because SO many ads popped up! I almost just cleared out of your website because it was so frustrating.
I’m sorry that you had a bad experience, unfortunately in order to keep offering free recipes to my readers, the ads are necessary to cover the cost of running the website. Thanks for your feedback, as i am always adjusting the frequency of the ads on my website. I hope you stick around and keep enjoying the free recipes!
Good recipe….would you consider adding Vitamin K to the nutrition info? People on blood thinners esp Warfarin would benefit from being aware . So few products list Vit K. Kale is loaded with Vit K . Cheers from Jean Palmer, Winnipeg
Manitoba.
Thanks Jean!🙂
Just made your Kale Chips and they are VERY GOOD. I like this recipe because it calls for ‘totally dry kale’ that makes for a nice crisp chip. I planted kale in my garden this year and have way more than I can eat in salads so this is a niee treat for me. Thank you so much.
So glad you like it! 🙂
Sounds yummy! I’ve never made kale chips but it sounds like I should!
Yes, they are! You should definitely try them out!🙂
If you follow this recipe, it turns out great!
Thank you Harriett!!🙂
Here is another thing that I did: I did half the batch instead of the full one because I had a feeling that we wouldn’t be able to eat everything in one night. Once again, I will definitely be making these kale chips again!
Thanks Dianne! Yes, I love them too, as I rather crave savory snacks over sweet🙂
I just made since I had a lot of kale leaves for smoothies. Super easy and love the flavor. Will use this recipe again.
Glad you liked the recipe Kristen!🙂
Makes a wonderful snack. Highly recommended.
Thank you Rimmy!!🙂
Hello! Can you do in air fryer?
I don’t have an air fryer, so I can’t tell you what the instructions would be for the air fryer. Good luck!
These are wonderful! What a great recipe to make with the kiddos.
Thanks so much! Glad you liked them!
Makes a wonderful snack. Highly recommended.
Thanks so much!
These turned out yummy…what is the best way to store the leftovers?
I store mine in a paper bag to maintain the crispness, although I don’t usually have leftovers! 🙂
Tried these, first time doing kale chips ever. Not a huge kale fan and mine was already going quite limp. Followed the directions to a T and they turned out perfect. Tastes quite similar to roasted pumpkin seeds. Will definitely make again
Glad you liked them! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
This time round, the kale chips turn out ultra crispy and scrumptious with the tinge of garlic powder! Thanks a lot!
So glad you enjoyed them! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment! 🙂
I found if i put the oil in a small bowl and dip two fingers from each hand in it and rub each kale piece this way it works great!
I guess I’m lazy. I put the kale in a large bowl, drizzled some olive oil and then just massaged it into the leaves in the bowl, not necessarily each leaf on the pan like the video.
Then poured then onto the baking sheet.
I could get used to this… I’ve tried this before and it just didn’t work for me, it was either burnt or soggy so it went straight to the trash can. But I thought how can they enjoy it and I can’t so told myself I shall not give up since I’m trying to do the keto diet and potato chips is just a big no no on this diet. So this time it came out perfectly crunchy and yummy I was surprised! Thanks to you.
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This is a great recipe! Befire this, my kale chips had turned out easily burned and turn soft after a while. This time round, the kale chips turn out ultra crispy and scrumptious with the tinge of garlic powder! Thanks a lot!
So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
How long is the shelf life
this is my fav way to make kale chips. i haven't made them in forever but maybe i should!
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Very easy and Delicious 😋 👌
Thanks Denise!