Recipe video above. A ripper kale recipe - it's time to think beyond a salad! There's an enormous amount of kale hidden in amongst all that buttery, garlicky rice... Try this with spinach, chard or even grated carrots!
1/3 cup chopped almonds ((or other nuts / seeds of choice))
Categories
Sides
Steps
Place kale in a large bowl. Drizzle over oil, sprinkle with a small pinch of salt and pepper. Scrunch with hands for 30 seconds, set aside while rice cooks.
Melt butter in a large pot over medium high heat. Add garlic and stir for 1 minute until just starting to turn golden and is incredibly fragrant.
Add rice, stir for 10 seconds.
Add broth, stir, then cover.
Turn heat down to medium or medium low so the liquid is simmering very gently. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes until all liquid is absorbed (tilt pot to check).
Quickly toss all the kale on top of the rice, put the lid back on then remove from heat.
Rest for 10 to 15 minutes. Fluff rice with fork, stirring kale through.
Lastly, stir through extra butter and add salt and pepper to taste.
Serve and sprinkle over nuts (or stir nuts through rice).
Reviews
Bonnie on 2026-04-09 (5 stars): Made this with the baked chicken breast. Which was delicious. But I’m daydreaming about this rice! Also pushing it on my friends! Thank you!
Paris on 2026-02-24 (5 stars): Hi Nagi, thank you for this recipe. It is delicious and I love it.
I also have a question, when I have guests is it ok if I make the kale ready the night before?
Kaitlyn Scheitler on 2025-11-07 (5 stars): I loveeeee this recipe. My household cannnnot figure out how to make good rice with a pressure cooker but this recipe works every. Single. Time. I’ve become the designated rice maker because of this recipe. The flavors can be removed for just plain white rice but the recipe the way it is is a FANTASTIC side dish for almost any meal.
Jenny on 2025-10-04 (5 stars): This is so good and so easy! I added a half cup of lentils to rice while cooking and made it a meal.
MiKo on 2025-10-03 (5 stars): Nagi, I love all of your recipes! I have never been disappointed, and in fact am always blown away by how delicious they are! We adored this recipe. Thanks so very much!!
Jan on 2025-09-06 (5 stars): I’m about to make this delicious rice recipe again today. I think I’ve made this the most of any of Nagi’s recipes (and I’ve made lots!) I make a batch and freeze it for another day. My husband loves it too and he’s not a vegetable fan.
Michelle on 2025-03-31 (5 stars): Made this a few times now it's really good and super easy, tonight decided to make a meal of of it and cooked some hot sausage links to add to it when the rice was done cooking it was delicious
Cynde Route on 2025-02-13 (5 stars): This was easy and delicious! You'd never guess from the simplicity of the ingredients and procedure how good this tastes. I used brown Jasmine rice and almonds - perfect!
Ali on 2025-01-26 (5 stars): Absolutely delicious! Even though I made it with reheated leftover rice and forgot to put on the nuts. It's a keeper.
Squeaky on 2024-12-25 (5 stars): I made this last night but used baby kale that I lightly chopped, and didn’t bother with the marinade/massage part. It was delicious! I was amazed that my teenagers both gobbled it up. I made a similar Greek lemony rice with chopped up parsley, so they didn’t bat an eye at the green bits. Gotcha! You just enjoyed kale!
Melissa McInerney on 2024-12-07 (5 stars): This has become one of my favorite ways to get friends and family to eat kale. It's buttery, garlicky, smooth, and delicious!
Naomi on 2024-10-14 (4 stars): I enjoyed this a lot the first couple of times I made it, but then I stuffed up the rice somehow the next couple of times and it was either mushy or undercooked. I decided to try it with white quinoa and extra-virgin olive oil: this works super well with 1:2 ratio of quinoa to water. I also began to get sick of the kale, so I used silverbeet once and baby spinach the next time. Both were excellent. My husband has now shown some interest in quinoa because of this recipe; it comes out with a texture a bit like couscous crossed with rice. Yummy!
Sue Booth on 2024-08-28 (5 stars): Well Nagi my GP and my iron levels are very grateful to you. ALL of your kale recipes seem to be on my high rotation list. Where has it been all my life? I’ve made endless spinach pies in my life but never used kale…..and especially for salads but they are awesome!! This recipe is a nice addition to the ‘Kale Recipe Series’……Thank you 🩷
Caitlin Yates on 2024-07-18 (4 stars): I made this tonight and my partner called it garlic and kale Risotto lol i ,issed the key step with putting the lid on so had a thicker risotto texture
