Kale and carrots are two ingredients that can be hard to make pretty sometimes. Both are delicious, both are fairly simple to make, yet both can be difficult to elevate and make them look attractive. Until now. The recipe below is not only super easy
and delicious, it's also very pretty. And you don't even need a spiralizer to make it look this way. Just pick up your vegetable peeler, and you're off!
That's really the only secret to making this dish look so amazing. You just have to continue peeling the carrot just as you would when trying to get the skin off of them. But instead you'll get gorgeously long orange ribbons. After that the kale just needs to be sliced thinly and it will come out in ribbons, too. It's so pretty, you may find it hard to wait until it's finished cooking before digging in.
Gingered Carrot and Kale Ribbons
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20 minutes
20 minutes
40 minutes
2 pounds carrots, peeled
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 leeks, white parts only, sliced, rinsed, and dried
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2 teaspoons ginger, finely grated
Zest and juice of 1 lemon
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
4 large kale leaves, tough stems removed and thinly sliced
1/2 cup water
Using a vegetable peeler, slice the carrots into long thin ribbons.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add the leeks and cook, stirring frequently, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, lemon zest, and salt. Cook, stirring, for one minute.
Add the carrots, kale, and 1/2 cup water and cook, stirring with tongs, until softened, about ten minutes.
Stir in the lemon juice, taste, and season with pepper and more salt if necessary.
