Easy and Simple Swiss Chard Recipe

This easy and simple Swiss chard recipe is cooked on the stovetop in 5-6 minutes with a few diced onions, olive oil, salt, pepper, and a dash of lemon juice.

This Swiss chard recipe gives you the techniques to become comfortable in adding these greens to your side dish vegetable dinner rotation.

Bonus: swiss chard can be seasoned with any of your favorite seasonings. Try adding Italian seasoning, curry powder, chili powder, all purpose seasoning or whatever!

Serve simple sautéed swiss chard with New York Strip Steak, Roasted Chicken Thighs, Red Lentils and Rice, or Creamy Mushroom Pasta.

Healthy and Simple Chard Greens For The Win!

Greens are good for you! Swiss chard is healthy and tasty.

Elevate your side dish game and add this simple and healthy Swiss chard recipe to the rotation.

Bonus - eat the stems of Swiss Chard. Slice them and stir fry a couple minutes before adding the leafy greens to the pan.

Chard greens cook in a matter of a couple minutes - just enough to get them wilted.

Swiss Chard and Leafy Green Bitterness

Swiss chard is a green that can be bitter, kinda like spinach, kale, or collard greens.

I personally love the taste of all greens whether they are raw or cooked. Having said that, cooking will mellow out the bitterness.

Likewise, the addition of a little acid like lemon juice or vinegar and salt helps to minimize any swiss chard bitterness.

How To Cook Swiss Chard

Cooking Swiss Chard is super easy.

• Wash chard and chop it.
• Bring a pan to medium high heat and add a touch of oil (olive oil, vegetable, avocado, butter, ghee, whatever....)
• Add chopped Swiss chard
• Add salt and pepper and favorite spices or herbs.
• Cook 2-4 minutes or until wilted.
• Add a splash of lemon juice or vinegar if you like. This will help with any bitterness that the chard has naturally.

Variations on Cooking Simple Swiss Chard

I love a simple dish. This easy Swiss Chard recipe can be seasoned differently every time you cook it.

• Don't have lemon juice? Use a splash of vinegar instead.
• Add minced garlic or ginger.
• Try some cheese! A dash of goat cheese, Parmesan cheese, or feta cheese.
• Add a couple nuts: pine nuts, slivered almonds, pistachios...
• Stir in your favorite herbs or spices: curry, coriander, garam masala, Italian seasoning, chili powder
• Try a different oil: butter, ghee, sesame oil, peanut oil, walnut oil...
• Add some more flavor! Try a splash of soy sauce or sriracha sauce.

Make Swiss Chard The Star

Want to make Swiss chard a main dish? Try adding any of these things to bulk up Swiss Chard into a stellar main recipe:

• Add some pasta and some white beans with a couple tomatoes.
• Throw in diced boiled eggs and serve with quinoa and pesto.
• Add cooked rice, fresh herbs, and chunks of rotisserie chicken.

My favorite dish right now to serve this simple swiss chard recipe with is Mashed Eggplant Curry.

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