Swiss Chard and Lentil Stew

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Swiss chard is delicious simply sauteed with olive oil, bulb and garlic. You tin get fancier by adding raisins and conifer nuts to the mix. But due to the fact that it grows truthful easy successful the plot (or model boxes), you'll yet privation to grow your repertoire.

This look is casual to prepare, smells fantastic portion it is cooking and stores good successful the refrigerator for a mates of days. Its lone drawback: The finished crockery would not triumph immoderate quality contests. Dress it up with yogurt oregon sour cream, sprigs of cilantro oregon basil and service it with lukewarm ail nan. After 1 bite, its looks won't matter.

Like astir stews, this tastes adjacent amended the adjacent day.

Based connected a look successful the December 2005 contented of Bon Appetit magazine.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10

1 lb Swiss chard, leaves and stems separated and chopped (9 cups total)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ample Vidalia onion, chopped into 1/4-inch dice (2 cups)
2 mean cloves garlic, minced
3 mean carrots, chopped into 1/2-inch dice (at slightest 1 cup)
2 tablespoons garam masala
5 teaspoons curry powder
1/2 spoon cayenne pepper
1/4 spoon kosher salt, oregon much to taste
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
15 ounces canned no-salt chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 1/4 cups dried reddish lentils, picked implicit to region immoderate overseas matter
4 cups rootlike broth
2 cups h2o (may substitute rootlike broth)
12 ample basil leaves, rolled tightly past chopped into bladed strips (1/4 cup), positive a fewer sprigs for garnish
Plain yogurt, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
281
Fat
5 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
44 g
Sodium
479 mg
Protein
17 g
Fiber
11 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Based connected a look successful the December 2005 contented of Bon Appetit magazine.

Tested by Cynthia A. Brown.

Published March 13, 2026