What substitute can be used for Swiss chard?

Kit
  • Posted by: Kit
  • January 15, 2023
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Miss_Karen January 16, 2023
I would sub kale for the Swiss chard.
 
702551 January 15, 2023
Since you haven't already done so, look at the comments for some ideas. Without reading any of the expanded comments, I see mentions of escarole and kale.

As at least one commenter mentions, this is a "clean your fridge" type of dish. Really any leafy vegetable could stand in for the chard include the two aforementioned as well as any leafy Asian green like bok choy, gai lan ("Chinese broccoli"), mustard greens, komatsuna, etc. or common Western vegetables like spinach, cabbage, cauliflower or broccoli.

For me, I wouldn't shop for chard, I would just try to use whatever I have. I grow fava beans in my garden every spring and this type of preparation would be a great way to use up some fava bean leaves.

I would have no qualms about tossing in a celery stalk straggler, a wayward carrot, or the last handful of arugula into something like this.

Best of luck.
 
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