sauteed swiss chard

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

This foolproof simple sauteed greens recipe takes less than 10 minutes from prep to table. Perfect for a weeknight using any greens you have on hand including kale, swiss chard or spinach.

Sautéed Greens

curly kale

coconut oil (or other neutral oil)

onion

garlic (minced

apple cider vinegar

kosher salt and black pepper

Prep

De-stem greens (if needed) and tear into pieces.

Saute

Melt coconut oil in a high-sided sauté pan over medium heat. Add onion, 2-3 minutes until slightly soft. Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds.

Wilt

Add greens, stir until wilted (1-2 minutes for lighter greens, 3-4 minutes for hardy greens).

Sauce

Turn up the slightly, add apple cider vinegar and allow to deglaze slightly.

Season

Remove from heat, salt and pepper to taste, and serve.

So simple but I am sure so delicious! There's something about a quick healthy and delicious recipe that always hits the mark

I love greens. Kale, Swiss chard and spinach are my favorite. Love the simplicity of this dish, very similar to how I like it. Though I have never used vinegar in mine. I must try next time.

Frankly, I like all greens. We like to experiment and try out different flavor combinations. We like our kale and usually swiss chard is our special green we make during the holidays. We make it gratin style. We love sauteed kale with lots of spice. Hubby would love the touch of vinegar -- that's the way his mom made it.

We love healthy greens and recipes like this. You sure made them look easy to make and yummy. We will love these

You make it sound so easy! Can't wait to try this one. I like this! And the fact that you added vinegar to this recipe seems perfect. So YUMMY!

Looks fast and easy. Perfect combination of all ingredients. This is a great recipe for me and my family. I really like! Thank you.

So important to get your leafy greens! This looks so good!

I love that you add vinegar to this recipe! My fiance always makes the greens around here and is heavy handed on the vinegar. So I'm super used to it haha! I would love to try them with coconut oil too!

Sometimes simple is the best! That's what I do when I make kale, and I could probably eat it every day. I've never tried adding apple cider vinegar though...I'll have to do that next time. Thank you for the tip!

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We love sauteed greens and the opportunities are endless. Kale, spinach, arugula, swiss chard... All the greens!

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