Braised Wilted Chard

Name: Braised Wilted Chard
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 slice thick cut bacon, cut into smaller pieces; 1/4 cup diced onion; 2 clove garlic, minced; 1 bunch swiss chard, cleaned; salt & pepper; 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg or to taste; 3 tbsp sunflower seeds, shelled & roasted

Devon @Devon

Auburn, Nebraska

Eating green vegetables can sometimes get monotonous, but this dish excites even the pickiest eaters. The bacon & sunflower seeds add some fat & flavor to help cut the bitterness of the chard. It's so yummy, I usually have to make double so everyone can get enough! Yeah, I'm talking about swiss chard - not cake. Hope you enjoy it too.

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Ingredients

10 mins

4 servings

3 slicethick cut bacon, cut into smaller pieces
1/4 cupdiced onion
2 clovegarlic, minced
1 bunchswiss chard, cleaned
salt & pepper
1/8 tspground nutmeg or to taste
3 tbspsunflower seeds, shelled & roasted

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Steps

10 mins

1

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.
2

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.
3

To the hot grease add the swiss chard stem, garlic, & onion mixture. Sauté until tender on medium heat. Add salt & pepper.
4

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.
5

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.
6

Remove lid. Using tongs mix all well. When leaves are wilted & harder ingredients are softened the dish is ready.
7

Just before serving; mix in the bacon pieces & roasted sunflower seeds.
8

Try different types of onions to give the dish some delicious variations!