This easy Air Fryer Kale Chips recipe is a quick way to make a tasty snack. In just minutes you'll be munching on flavorful kale chips made with just three ingredients.
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Air Fried Kale Chips
If you've been around awhile, you know that I love a good air fryer recipe and this one is no exception.
Not only are these kale chips an easy snack to make, they are a healthy snack that is both delicious and nutritious!
Made with simple ingredients, just kale leaves, olive oil and kosher salt, the chips cook in minutes in your air fryer.
Kale chips are truly a great way to satisfy your craving for crisp savory chips with a fraction of the fat of regular potato chips.
You can even add optional seasonings for a different flavor every time you make these crispy kale chips. Scroll down for some of my favorite flavor suggestions!
Be sure to use curly kale, not baby kale for this recipe. Baby kale is too delicate. Curly kale is sturdier and firmer and best for making kale chips.
You can use a bunch of kale and trim it or save time and buy a bag of packaged cut up kale.
So put that movie on and get ready to snack on the best air fryer kale chips!
And keep your air fryer out because you will definitely want to check out these easy air fryer recipes too, including another appetizer recipe, air fryer pickle chips!
Don't have an air fryer? No worries, check out this baked kale chips recipe.
If you're a snack lover like me, you need to give our air fryer pasta chips a try too!
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How to make easy air fryer kale chips
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below. Follow these simple steps to make kale chips:
- Step 1: Remove kale leaves from the stems and tear or cut into bitesize peices
- Step 2: Massage olive oil onto the kale leaves until evenly coated
- Step 3: Toss the kale leaves with kosher salt until evenly coated and add any additional seasonings you may want to flavor your chips with
- Step 5: Air fry the kale chips until they are crispy and slightly browned.
- Step 4: Arrange the kale leaves in your air fryer basket and top with a wire rack so the leaves don't fly around during cooking.
Hint: Don't crowd the kale pieces in your air fryer basket because they won't crisp up.
Expert recipe tips
- The type of kale you use when making kale chips in air fryer is important in this recipe.
- A bunch of curly kale or a bag of cut up curly kale will work nicely in this recipe.
- Using baby kale is not recommended when making kale chips
- Be sure that the kale pieces are dry before tossing with the olive oil. You can use a salad spinner or pat the kale pieces dry with paper towels.
- Extra virgin olive oil or regular olive oil will both work nicely in this recipe
Substitutions
Don't have an ingredient on hand? Check out these easy ingredient substitutions:
- You can substitute canola oil or vegetable oil for olive oil
- Sea salt can be used instead of kosher salt
Variations
Use your favorite seasonings to make air fried kale chips. Here are a few suggestions:
- Salt and Pepper - sprinkle with kosher salt and cracked black pepper
- Ranch - sprinkle dry ranch seasoning on the kale peices before air frying
- Parmesan - you can either add grated parmesan cheese before air frying or after air frying
- Garlic - sprinkle with garlic powder before air frying
- Taco - toss with taco seasoning before cooking
- Everything bagel seasoning - for added texture and flavor, toss with bagel seasoning before air frying the kale
- Chili powder - for a kick of heat, sprinkle with chili powder before cooking
- Onion - a sprinkle of onion powder before cooking will add a nice flavor to the chips
Equipment
Storage
- Store any leftover kale chips in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Chips will stay fresh for about a day or two but may lose some of their crispiness
- See more guidelines at USDA.gov.
Ingredients
Ingredients for air fryer kale recipe:
- curly kale
- olive oil
- kosher salt
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Air Fryer Kale Chips
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Ingredients
- 1 bunch (about 8 ounces) curly kale
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
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Instructions
- Remove the kale leaves from the stems and cut or tear the leaves into bite-sized pieces.You should have about 4 cups of kale pieces.
- Rinse the kale leaves to remove any grit or dirt. Dry completely using a salad spinner or paper towel.
- Place the kale pieces in a large bowl and toss with olive oil.
- Using your fingers, massage the oil into the leaves so that each piece of kale is evenly coated with oil.
- Sprinkle with kosher salt.
- Arrange the kale in a single layer in the air fryer basket and place a wire rack over the kale pieces to prevent them from flying during cooking. Depending on the size of your air fryer you may need to cook in batches.
- Air fry at 350F for 5 minutes or until crispy shaking halfway through the cooking time.
Notes
- Salt and Pepper - sprinkle with kosher salt and cracked black pepper
- Ranch - sprinkle dry ranch seasoning on the kale peices before air frying
- Parmesan - you can either add grated parmesan cheese before air frying or after air frying
- Garlic - sprinkle with garlic powder before air frying
- Taco - toss with taco seasoning before cooking
- Everything bagel seasoning - for added texture and flavor, toss with bagel seasoning before air frying the kale
- Chili powder - for a kick of heat, sprinkle with chili powder before cooking
- Onion - a sprinkle of onion powder before cooking will add a nice flavor to the chips
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