Bitter greens are nutritious and they can balance out a meal with their, well, bitter flavor.
They’re heartyalmost a littletoohearty.
Do this by laying out the leaf as flat as possible to expose the center stem.
Identify where the center rib becomes small enough to match the size of the various others in the leaf.
This is where youll start your cut.
Put the point of the knife here and cut through, down one side of the rib.
Repeat the cut on the other side.
Curly kale is the best example, here.
Youve probably seen kale de-stemming tools online.
Its like a plastic comb with many different sized holes on it.
Hold the end of the stem firmly in your non-dominant hand and scrape the utensil loop along the stem.
The loop will rip the small curly kale chunks right off.
Once the stem becomes tender enough, the kale will naturally rip when the loop reaches that point.
Its best to do this over a large bowl or plate as the leaves will pop off haphazardly.
Repeat this with as many kale stems as youd like.
Could you create a “loop” with your hand and rip all the leaves off?
Keep yourself intact and use one of these methods instead.
