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Sautéed Swiss Chard with Garlic and Lemon
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Sautéed Swiss Chard with Garlic and Lemon

Fresh Swiss chard sautéed with garlic, olive oil and lemon – a simple, tasty green side ready in minutes

⏱ 15 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Wash the chard well.
  2. 2
    Separate the leaves from the stems, and cut the stems into 3 cm pieces and the leaves coarse.
    KnifeCutting board
  3. 3
    Heat the olive oil in a large pan over high heat.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
  4. 4
    Add the garlic and fry 30 seconds, until it turns golden and fragrant.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the chili and stir.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Add the stems of the chard and cook 3 minutes, stirring.
    Stove
  7. 7
    Add the leaves of the chard and cook 3–4 minutes, stirring, until they wilt and darken.
    Stove
  8. 8
    Season the chard with salt and black pepper and the lemon juice, and serve.
123calories
3 gprotein
7 gcarbs
10 gfat
● protein 8%● carbs 20%● fat 72%

Per serving (147 g), of 4 servings

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🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Frying pan · Also works: Wok (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)

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