Take your kale chips to the next level by adding a little texture and loads of flavor with these Sun-Dried Tomato Cashew Kale Chips!
I am so obsessed with kale chips right now. Like really obsessed. They're just sooooo good. They're like little green potassium-packed crunchy vehicles for anything you want to put on them and my girl Alicia just recently introduced me to these incredible Sun-Dried Tomato Cashew Kale Chips which are now a new favorite!
Easy to Make
Even better, these chips have the already amazing crunch of the dehydrated kale, but also the added texture of the cashews and sun-dried tomatoes. PLUS the "cheesy" flavor from nutritional yeast!
Step 1: Add everything (except the kale) to a food processor or blender to create a chunky paste.
Step 2: Rip kale off of stems into medium-large pieces and mix the paste with the kale as evenly as possible.
Step 3: Add kale pieces to dehydrator trays and dehydrate for 8-12 hours.
Normally, on their own, kale chips take just a couple of hours in the dehydrator, but because of all of the tomato-cashew goodness on them, I gave it a lot longer - 8 hours.
And done! Kale chips but kicked up a notch and coated with cashews and sun-dried tomatoes!
The kale chips that you know and love but with the added hearty, filling, and nutrition from cashews! Little crunchy healthy flavor trains. Sun dried tomatoes, cashews, a fake 'cheesy' flavor, and garlic. Yum!
Tools Needed
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Dehydrator: This is the dehydrator that we started with and loved, and then we upgraded to this bad boy.
While you can also use your oven at a very low setting (or a dehydrate setting if you have it), if you want to get into the world of dehydrating, a dehydrator is an investment that you will no regret making!
Other Dehydrated Snacks
Coated, hearty, healthy, and delicious! Sun-Dried Tomato Cashew Kale Chips for the win!
Enjoy! As always, if you make this recipe or any of my others, I love to hear what you think! Leave a comment below, email me, or you can find me on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest!
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 large bunch Kale ripped into medium-large sized pieces
- 1.5 oz sun dried tomatoes packed in oil
- 1/2 cup raw cashews
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1-2 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Soak cashews in water for 1 hour.
- Wash kale, rip into bit sized pieces (exclude stems) and set to dry in a large bowl (or dry in a salad spinner if you have one)
- Add sun dried tomatoes (removed from oil) garlic powder, lemon juice, nutritional yeast, salt, and cashews (removed from water) to a food processor or blender. Blend. If too dry / chunky and not loose enough to spread / coat on kale, add a tablespoon or two of water, one at a time.
- Make sure kale is mostly dry then add tomato cashew mixture to the bowl. Mix very well ensuring that all of the kale is coated.
- Add kale to dehydrator trays and set dehydrator to 145 degrees for 8 hours. Put them in before you leave for work and when you get home they'll be done!
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature - good luck storing them longer than a day!
petra08
I love kale chips and what a delicious sounding topping! Thanks for bringing them to FF! 🙂
Tracy
Thank you! 😀
Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake
Oh now I have to add a dehydrator to my amazon wish list, just to make these chips! Yum!
Tracy
Oooh yes you should! I am so in love with ours - it's increased my kale intake by like 1000% with all the kale chips I eat now 😉
Sylvia @superfoodista.com
Delicious! I have yet to make an attempt to make my own kale chips, your recipe is definitely inspiring! Thanks for bringing along to the Fiesta! 😉 Sylvia
Tracy
Thank you, Sylvia! 🙂
chefjulianna
Very, very yummy! Now this is the way to eat our greens!! 😀
Tracy
Hahaha absolutely! 🙂
Chitra Jagadish
Never thought of cashews can be used in chips ...that looks appetizing Tracy...
Tracy
Me neither until I had them myself! Thank you! 🙂
LFFL
I love kale, period! I usually sautee it with garlic, salt & pepper. But I've never made chips.
Tracy
Mmm I love sauteed kale with garlic, salt, and pepper! You can do chips with garlic powder and salt and pepper and get a crunchy chip version, too!
Mr Fitz
I really have to hook up that hydrator
Tracy
Yes!!
lapetitecasserole
I've never tried kale chips... can you forgive me??? But They look amazing and very tasty!
Tracy
Of course! BUT you should totally try them! 😉
Loretta
Wow, this looks so great Tracy, love the addition of sun dried tomatoes and cashes wow! I can feel the crunch now 🙂
Tracy
Thank you, Loretta!
thebrookcook
These are the fanciest kale chips I've ever seen! They sound wonderful!!
Tracy
Aww thank you! 🙂