Sarah Bentley

Stir-Fried Greens

Preparation info
  • Serves:

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
We Cook Plants: For People. For the Planet. With Joy.
We Cook Plants

By Sarah Bentley

Published 2025

  • About

“Over time, Brazilians developed a traditional way of serving Feijoada, and nowadays it always comes with a side of garlic stir-fried kale. Kale is a nutritious food rich in antioxidants, vitamin C, vitamin K and beta-carotene.”

Ingredients

  • 150 g/5½ oz kale (any type), chard or spinach
  • 1 clove

Method

  1. Let’s prepare the vegetables.

    - Cut or rip the kale leaves away from the stalks and cut into thin ribbons. You can roll the kale leaves up into a tight bunch and then finely slice them – this technique is called chiffonade.

    - Finely dice the garlic.

  2. Add the olive oil to a frying pan on a medium heat. Add the garlic and lightly fry until it tur