Grilled Kale Bundles with Sour Cherry-Chipotle Drizzle

For this healthy side dish recipe, kale bundles are grilled and topped with an easy sauce. "Enhancing" store-bought barbecue sauce with tart (or sour) cherry juice to make a drizzle nudges this side dish into the speedy category.

Judith Fertig Updated April 11, 2019
Source: EatingWell Magazine, May 2019

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Recipe Summary test

active:
20 mins
total:
20 mins
Servings:
4

Nutrition Profile:

Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

Directions

  • Preheat grill to medium-high.

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  • Stir together barbecue sauce, cherry juice, preserves and adobo sauce (or ground chipotle) in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on High until warm, about 1 minute. Set aside.

  • Divide kale into 4 bundles and tie each with kitchen string about 1 inch from the stem end. Brush the bundles with oil.

  • Grill the kale, turning once, until slightly charred, about 6 minutes total. Serve the kale drizzled with the reserved sauce.

Tips

Equipment: Kitchen string

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 kale bundle with 2 tablespoons sauce
Per Serving:
148 calories; protein 5.1g; carbohydrates 16.6g; dietary fiber 4.1g; sugars 8.3g; fat 8.2g; saturated fat 1.1g; vitamin a iu 11381.7IU; vitamin c 136.1mg; folate 160mcg; calcium 171.6mg; iron 1.8mg; magnesium 53.5mg; potassium 564.8mg; sodium 247mg.
Exchanges:

2 vegetable, 1 1/2 fat, 1/2 other carbohydrate

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