Roasted Kale with Garlic, Red Pepper Flakes, and Lemon

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2022

For this roasted kale recipe, just 10 minutes in the oven unlocks a variety of vivid textures in the brassica.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We used the curly variety for this roasted kale because it retained some volume and featheriness, even when cooked. After tearing the leaves into large pieces and rinsing them, we spun the leaves in a salad spinner to remove most of the exc...

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