Warm Thai Kale Salad

Kale is sauteed with ginger, garlic, and lime juice and topped with peanuts and mint in this Thai-inspired salad similar to Thai beef salad.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 10 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 175 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
• ½ red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 teaspoons fish sauce
• ¼ cup roasted peanuts (Optional)
• 2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
• 3 stalks celery, thinly sliced
• 4 carrots, thinly sliced
• 8 leaves kale, stemmed and torn into pieces
• 5 sprigs fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
• ½ teaspoon lime zest, or to taste
• 1 small cucumber, cut into matchstick-size pieces (Optional)
• 4 sprigs fresh mint, roughly chopped (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a heavy-bottom skillet over medium heat; add olive oil and swirl around in skillet. Cook and stir onion in the hot oil until softened, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, ginger, and red pepper flakes; cook and stir until garlic and ginger are slightly browned and fragrant, about 1 minute.

Step 2

Stir carrots and celery into onion mixture; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add kale and cilantro; cook and stir until kale is slightly wilted, about 45 seconds. Stir lime juice, fish sauce, and lime zest into kale mixture until kale is evenly coated in lime juice.

Step 3

Serve kale salad topped with cucumber, peanuts, and mint.