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Chili and garlic Swiss chard (coste aglio olio e peperoncino)


Swiss chard (silver beet) is a vegetable that you can always find in winter, and fortunately I love it. Also it can be cooked in so many ways, as a side or as an ingredient for a main. This is a quick side, I never had it 'spicy' and I was pleasantly surprised! 

Just wash the silver beet (chard), cut the white stalks and leaves into fork-size pieces (pieces that you can pick up with a fork). Heat some extra virgin olive oil in a pan, add a peeled clove of garlic or two, and some fresh chilies (I added a green and a red, chopped). When the garlic and chilies sizzle add the white stalks and stir. After a few minutes add the leaves and salt to taste. Cover and let the leaves cook in their own steam, stirring from time to time. Serve hot. Yummy, different and super easy!

And for more silver beet ideas look at all the recipes below :-)

Alessandra Zecchini: Pasta with silverbeet cream and pistachio pesto
Feb 26, 2012
Pick the silverbeet from your veggie garden (or buy it!), as much as you can, since it goes down a lot! I used young tender leaves of rainbow chard. Sauté with olive oil, one sliced shallot and salt. Cover and cook in its own ...
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Alessandra Zecchini: Silver beet Paneer e due paroline alle signore ...
Feb 03, 2011
The other day I showed you my curry made with borage, 'invented' because I have tons of it in the garden! The other green-leaf crop that does well in Auckland is silver beet. My old plants (from last year!) got so tall that I ...
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Alessandra Zecchini: Easy silver beet baked pasta
Jun 15, 2012
I placed the silver beet stalks on top first, and then green leaves as a third layer. I covered everything with the remaining besciamelle. A super generous dusting of grated parmesan cheese on top, and straight into the oven ...
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Alessandra Zecchini: Broken silverbeet bruschetta, a demo in Italian ...
Oct 30, 2011
Broken silverbeet bruschetta, a demo in Italian and what about advertising??? My silverbeet is not big enough to be picked, but I was working in the veggie garden and I broke one entire little plant by mistake. Well, I cut it right ...
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Alessandra Zecchini: Lemon and Thyme Halloumi with Chards
Aug 17, 2012
The other day I cooked some silver beet (chard), leaves and stalk separately. We had the leaves as a side, hot and dressed with some Japanese soy sauce and lemon juice, and I kept the stalks for the day after. I love lemon ...
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