Easily the healthiest dish you’ll make this week, these stuffed swiss chard leaves are a wonderful main course where you can adapt the filling to include other veggies you may want.
Tips: Cut the vegetables in a small dice, but don’t do it too finely, just as long as they are all about the same size – this way they cook evenly but still have a nice bite inside of your swiss chard ‘roll.’
You can also make a quick dipping sauce for these made with ginger, sesame oil, and black vinegar.
Stuffed swiss chard leaves
You’ll need:
- 1 bunch swiss chard, trimmed, de-stemmed and/or with stems ‘shaved off’ using your knife
- 2 cups brown mushrooms (I used baby bellas), chopped
- 1 medium sized carrot, diced
- 1 medium sized white onion, diced
- 1/2 t thyme
- olive oil
- salt, pepper
optional: black vinegar, sesame oil, and 1 t fresh ginger for dipping sauce
1. Bring a large pot of water to boil and prepare an ice bath. Blanch the swiss chard leaves for 1 minute, then transfer to ice bath to seal in that bright green color. Let cool, lay flat, and pat to dry.
2. In a large pan, heat up approximately 2 tablespoons of olive oil, add onions and carrots first, let them heat up, then add mushrooms and thyme. Also add any smaller chard leaves, chopped roughly, that may have been too small to blanch for wrapping.
Cook for about 10 minutes, season. You should cook the vegetables until onion is soft and golden, the mushrooms are nicely browned, but the carrot still has a bit of a crunch.
3. Spoon filling into the middle of each swiss chard leaf and wrap up tightly, folding in the sides. Serve warm, with dipping sauce on the side.
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Choc Chip Uru says
The stuffing is so delicious and I love your plating my friend 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
saffronandhoney says
Thank you so much, Uru!
cecilia says
Another recipe I can have in the spring, our swiss chard grows well round here.. c
saffronandhoney says
Wonderful, C!
hotlyspiced says
I love the look of these and they would be so very good for you. And I’m a fan of anything that can be dipped into black vinegar – love it! xx
saffronandhoney says
Thank you so much! And oh yes, me too re: the black vinegar 🙂
yummychunklet says
The stuffing sounds wonderful!
saffronandhoney says
Thanks, yummy!
Karista says
This looks so delicious! I was just doing a little research on winter produce and of course Swiss Chard is at the top of the list. What a lovely way to prepare it! As always Ksenia, very impressive. 🙂
saffronandhoney says
Thank you so much, Karista! I love finding new ways to use winter produce creatively.
girlinafoodfrenzy says
A beautiful and fresh dish. Perfect for those days when you want something fresh. I often love those polish cabbage rolls with pork mince and vermecilli but (without a doubt) these are healthier by far!
saffronandhoney says
Oh I love the polish cabbage rolls too 🙂 (we make a Russian version of them too), but these are definitely much lighter!
Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide says
What a simple, but fantastic looking dish.
saffronandhoney says
Thank you!
Fearless Kitchen says
This looks great! I like the idea of the dipping sauce with the black vinegar.
saffronandhoney says
Thank you very much!
Nancy Quiles says
Loved it! I will make this again. Super yummy!
saffronandhoney says
That’s great to hear! Thank you, Nancy!