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Simple Sautéed Swiss Chard with onions, garlic and a splash of balsamic vinegar. A healthy low calorie side dish.

simple sautéed swiss chard

Swiss chard, or rainbow chard

olive oil

garlic,

onion,

salt

dry thyme and nutmeg

pepper

balsamic vinegar, optional

Chop and clean Swiss Chard

Stack several pieces of Swiss chard on work surface. Remove stems and set aside. Roughly cut leaves into pieces about 2-inch square. Repeat with the remaining swiss chard. Transfer the chopped leaves to a salad spinner filled with water. Drain, repeat washing if necessary, and spin dry. Rinse and chop the Swiss chard stems (about the same size as the diced onion.)

Cook The Swiss Chard

Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium high heat. Add chopped chard stems, garlic, onion, salt, thyme, nutmeg and pepper and cook, stirring often until the onions are starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add chopped cleaned Swiss chard leaves, 2 tablespoons water and cover. Let wilt, 2 to 4 minutes. Remove lid and continue cooking, stirring occasionally until the Swiss chard is completely wilted and softened, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and drizzle with balsamic vinegar if using. Serve hot.

Delicious! Definitely add the viegar, even just a little.

This is a great, simple recipe.  I loved it.   Thanks for sharing.

Loved this recipe and so simple. We added some sliced red pepper which was a way to use it up. We did have it with the vinegar which was tasty.

So easy and so yummy, loved the balsamic! Thanks for a great recipe 

This was so good. I usually just freeze my chard for winter soup making.  Followed your recipe and added fig balsamic vinegar which is a bit sweeter than regular balsamic.  Thanks for the recipe.

I did this recipe to use up a glut of chard in our veg patch. My husband can be a bit fussy, but loves mushrooms so I chucked in a whole load of mushrooms too and sauteed them with the onion &amp; chard stalks. Our chard is quite "earthy" so I also added a veggie stock cube, a slosh of white wine (just because I had a glass on the go) &amp; a teaspoon of sugar.  The result was delicious and got hubby's seal of approval - yay!

In all honesty, chard is not one of my favorite things. But, someone gave me a large bunch of it that I needed to use up. 


 I liked the balsamic drizzle. But, would add more the next time around as it sort of disappeared to my taste. Perhaps I'll add some lemon juice too. This time around I also added some sliced button mushrooms that were lurking around the fridge, so perhaps that added a little more moisture to the pan.



 I've pinned this recipe to use again in the future.

This was delicious! I made it with the vinegar and we really liked it.

Awesome! The different flavors and textures worked out really well, and the color also! This was a real winner.

I’ve never had Swiss chard before but my cousin gave me some fresh out of her garden. I decided to try this because it looked easy. It was easy but very delicious! Paired with a grilled cheese sandwich it was a great simple supper. 

Love this! So good with almonds, cranberries and golden raisins
And in a Japanese style bowl of short grain brown rice.
Thank you!

Super good. I added tempeh for some protein and a serrano pepper for kick. Definitely should have used two bunches of chard.

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Simple Sautéed Swiss Chard

Make chard taste incredible with this rainbow chard recipe! Amp the flavors in this easy side dish by adding pine nuts and Parmesan.

Sauteed Rainbow Chard

(12 ounces) rainbow chard

garlic

red pepper flakes

black pepper

Parmesan cheese (optional)

pine nuts (optional)

Wash and dry the chard leaves. Remove the stems and roughly chop the chard (follow the instructions in How to Cut Kale). If you&#8217;d like, thinly slice the tender part of the stems and add that to the mix (discard the large tough parts of the stems; or you can discard the stems entirely).

Add the olive oil to a large skillet and heat it over medium-high heat. Add the smashed garlic and chard and cook for 4 minutes, stirring frequently until wilted and bright green.

Remove from the heat and add the kosher salt, red pepper flakes. and several grinds of fresh ground pepper.

Discard the garlic cloves and serve immediately. If desired, serve with shredded Parmesan and toasted pine nuts.

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