Braised Wilted Chard
Braised Wilted Chard

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, braised wilted chard. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Braised Wilted Chard is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Braised Wilted Chard is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook braised wilted chard using 7 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Braised Wilted Chard:
  1. Make ready thick cut bacon, cut into smaller pieces
  2. Make ready diced onion
  3. Prepare garlic, minced
  4. Make ready swiss chard, cleaned
  5. Make ready salt & pepper
  6. Take ground nutmeg or to taste
  7. Prepare sunflower seeds, shelled & roasted
Instructions to make Braised Wilted Chard:
  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!

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