Sautéed Rainbow Chard is a quick and easy way to prepare a nutritious side of greens. This recipe is fresh, vibrant, and so so delicious! Infused with garlic and lemon zest, and topped with Crispy Sage and pickled onions, this is the Ultimate garden-to-plate breakfast (lunch or dinner!). The pickled onions are best made at least the day before so they have time to infuse and pickle.
If you are looking for an easy recipe to make using your homegrown chard, this is it! So delicious.
What to Make with Rainbow Chard
If you’ve ever grown rainbow chard, you’ll know it can quickly become one of the most productive plants in the garden. Just when you think you’ve harvested enough, it’s ready to provide another armful of colourful leaves. The challenge isn’t growing rainbow chard 😅 it’s finding enough ways to use it!
Fortunately, rainbow chard is incredibly versatile. The leaves can be used much like spinach in sautés, soups, curries, pasta dishes, omelettes, and stir-fries, while the colourful stems add crunch and colour to a variety of meals or even pickled!
This sautéed rainbow chard on toast is up there with my favourite! Combined with creamy feta, crispy sage, and tangy pickled onions, it’s a simple garden-to-plate meal that turns a humble bunch of greens into something special.
If your garden is producing more rainbow chard than you can keep up with, this recipe is a delicious place to start.
Sautéed Rainbow Chard on Toast with Feta and Crispy Sage
Ingredients
Method
- Peel and finely slice garlic. Add to a pan on medium heat with butter. Cook for 2 mins.
- Roughly slice Rainbow chard stalks (1cm chunks) and add them to the pan. Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Chop leaves and keep to the side.
- In another pan fry the eggs to your liking.
- Add chard leaves to the garlic and stalks and cook for 1-2 mins until wilted. Stir through Lemon zest and season with salt.
- Turn the oven grill on to 180 degrees. Drizzle Sage with olive oil or butter and place on an oven tray along with Pepitas. Toast under the grill until slightly golden watching carefully as this will take less than 1 minute. Alternatively, this can be done in the pan along side eggs.
- Toast sourdough and butter.
- Place two pieces of toast on each plate and evenly distribute rainbow chard mix, crumble on feta, top with eggs, sprinkle on toasted pepitas, and top with Red Pickled Onions.
- Add edible flowers for colour – I used Cornflowers and pea shoots.
Notes
Simple Pickled Red Onions
Ingredients
Method
- Finely slice the red onions – using a mandoline is the easiest option.
- Cram as many red Onions into a clean sterilised jar.
- In a saucepan add the vinegar, sugar, and salt and stir until the sugar has dissolved and the mix starts to simmer.
- Add any extra flavours to the jar such as chilli, fennel flowers, fennel fronds, fennel seeds, mustard seeds, or peppercorns ( 1tsp per jar).
- Pour over the liquid and secure the lid.
- Allow cooling for one hour and place in the fridge.
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Notes
Yes. Rainbow chard and silverbeet are essentially the same plant, with rainbow chard simply having colourful stems.
Yes. Blanch the leaves briefly before freezing for best results.
Absolutely. The stems are edible and add colour, texture, and flavour to recipes. They do take longer to cook than the leaves, so add them in a minute or two before the leaves.
Rainbow Chard Garden-to-plate
Recipes like this remind me why I love growing food. A handful of colourful leaves, a few herbs from the garden, and a couple of pantry staples can become a meal that feels both nourishing and special. If you grow rainbow chard, this sautéed rainbow chard on toast with feta, crispy sage, and pickled onions is a simple and delicious way to celebrate the harvest.
If you know someone growing rainbow chard, share this recipe with them 💚
Happy Gardening,
Holly 🌱
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