The Best Kale Salad

Kale, roasted corn, and carrots are tossed with eggs, tortilla chips, and smoked cheese in a lemon vinaigrette in the best kale salad ever.

Place kale in a large serving bowl; add 1 teaspoon olive oil and 2 pinches salt. Gently massage the oil and salt into kale. Set aside to allow kale to soften, about 10 minutes. Combine 1/4...


Ingredients

  • 1 bunch lacinato kale, ribs discarded and leaves cut into thin strips
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 pinches salt
  • Lemon Vinaigrette:
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup, or more to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 pinch garlic powder, or to taste
  • 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • Salad:
  • 2 carrots, grated
  • 1/2 cup frozen roasted corn (such as Trader Joe's®), thawed
  • 1/4 cup crushed tortilla chips
  • 1/4 cup dry-roasted almonds, coarsely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons grated smoked white cheese (such as Beecher's® Smoked Flagship)
  • 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped

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