Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe with Miso Butter (Gluten-Free, Soy-Free) (2024)

This Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe with Miso Butter – with chickpea miso and ghee – is a crazy good side dish. Just imagine butter melted with umami rich miso paste, and stirred-in the nutty and slightly sweet sautéed swiss chard. It just tastes good – so good that you’ll want to lick the sauce off your fingers, like cake frosting. 🙂

With 5 ingredients, this nutrient-dense Swiss chard recipe is super easy to make. Get ready for an uber-umami whirlwind of deliciousness!

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When Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe meets David Chang’s Miso Butter

Swiss chard is a vegetable that I came to learn and love after years of living in the states. It’s not a vegetable that I grew up with but I was hooked the moment I took the first bite. Probably because the sautéed chard flavor and texture remind me of spinach and bok choy and any yummy dark leafy greens are always welcome in my household.

Swiss Chard is a very versatile vegetable. Most often it’s braised or sautéed with olive oil and garlic. I absolutely adore the garlicky flavor combo but today, I want to share something truly special. Between you and me, I didn’t expect this Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe with miso butter will taste this ultra good. It’s so good that it’s simply WRONG!

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When David Chang first introduced miso butter in his Momof*cku cookbook, the Kitchn described it as “a substance which I believe is as close as we can come to what the angels eat in heaven.” David took the inspiration from Sapporo styling of miso ramen where the ramen is finished with a knob of butter. Whoever developed this genius combo really should get all the prizes and trophies. Something so good yet so simple. Pure genius!

Since then miso butter is used widely for many dishes, particularly steamed, roasted, or sautéed vegetables. See where I’m going with this? Ha! It doesn’t take a genie out of the bottle to figure why not give the Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe and miso butter a try.

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What Is Chickpea Miso

Before I went on further, I want to mention that I used store-bought chickpea miso to make today’s chard recipe. It is a time-saving grace and gluten-free but this recipe is not 100% paleo friendly because Paleo diet excludes legumes. I was debating either not share this recipe (because it’s not paleo) or show you how to make a Paleo friendly miso from scratch but that will likely take more time to make a simple sautéed chard. In the end, convenience won. 🙂

Chickpea miso is made from brown rice and chickpeas and is typically aged for 1 to 3 months. The flavor is stronger than white miso yet lighter than red miso. It’s perfect for people who can’t have or want to avoid soy.

Be that as it may, the same recipe works with regular miso paste as well so if you can have soy (look for organic and non-gmo miso paste) you can cook with my recipe, too!

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Swiss Chard Nutrition

Swiss chard is high in Vitamins E, K, A, and C. It’s also anti-inflammatory and helps the body manage blood sugar. Chard is also low in calories, making it a weight loss friendly food. More reasons to eat chard!

1 cup of Sautéed Swiss Chard contains: Calories: 35, Protein: 3.3 grams, Carbs: 7 grams, Fiber: 3.7 grams
, Vitamin A: 214% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI), Vitamin C: 53% of the RDI, Vitamin E: 17% of the RDI, Vitamin K: 716% of the RDI, Calcium: 10% of the RDI, Copper: 14% of the RDI, Magnesium: 38% of the RDI, Manganese: 29% of the RDI, Iron: 22% of the RDI, Potassium: 27% of the RDI. (Source)

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What Does Swiss Chard Taste Like?

Swiss chard leaves are tender. Some people find the leaves slightly bitter and others find them taste similar to spinach and beets.

What DoesSwiss Chard Go Well With?

Chinese Pepper Steak
Chicken Kale Soup (creamy delicious!)
Whole30 Vegan Curry
Scalloped Potato Frittata
Crispy Lemon Chicken Thighs
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
Cumin Beef Stir-Fry
Instant Pot Butter Chicken
Air Fryer Whole Chicken

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More Healthy Side Dishes

Sauteed Asparagus Recipe with Chickpea Miso Butter
Sauteed whole garlic mushrooms
Oven baked whole sweet potatoes with miso butter
Paleo sauteed lacinato kale recipe
Sheet Pan Roasted Vegetables
Mung Bean Sprouts Recipe
Chinese broccoli with Garlic Sauce
Bok Choy Salad
More Paleo Side Dishes
More Fall weather friendly recipes

This Sautéed Swiss Chard Recipe with miso butter is nutritious and easy to make, and the flavor plays nicely with a variety of dishes. The added miso butter really elevates this humble dish and makes it extra special. Even if this is your first time trying sautéed chard, let me hold your hand walk you through the process with ease. This dish absolutely earned a spot on our dinner table and should have a place on your dinner table, too!

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5 from 16 votes

Sauteed Swiss Chard Recipe with Miso Butter (gluten-free, soy-free)

Prep Time: 5 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 minutes mins

Total Time: 15 minutes mins

Ingredients

▢ 1 large bunch Swiss chard, about 12 whole leaves and stems (Red, Green, Yellow, or Rainbow color)
▢ 1 tbsp chickpea miso paste, alt. regular miso paste
▢ 2 tbsp ghee
▢ 1 tbsp coconut aminos
▢ ⅛ cup whole walnuts, raw
▢ ⅛ cup whole or sliced almonds, raw

Instructions

Dice the chard stems to 1-inch pieces and the chard leaves to 1.5 to 2-inch pieces. Rinse well and set aside to drain.
In a large skillet, add miso and ghee. Use a wooden spoon to stir and warm up the miso and the ghee over medium-heat until the miso is slightly browned and the ghee is melted, about 2 minutes. Try to break the miso paste to smaller bits. It might cling onto your spoon a few times.
Add chard stems, leaves, and coconut aminos. Saute over medium-high heat for about 3 minutes. Stir-frequently.
The chard should be just tender but not mushy. Off heat, scoop out the chard and place it over a large serving plate and cover to keep warm. Leave the liquid in the skillet.
To make a sauce, turn high heat to reduce the liquid left behind. Stir often with a wooden spoon until the sauce turns thicker, about 3-4 minutes.
Roughly break the walnuts with your hands and add them to the sauce with almonds. Stir to coat the sauce over.
Pour the sauce and the nuts over chard. Serve warm.

Notes

Miso Butter recipe adapted from Momof*cku.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving, Calories: 155kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 13g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Cholesterol: 19mg, Sodium: 533mg, Potassium: 602mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 2g, Vitamin A: 8807IU, Vitamin C: 43mg, Calcium: 89mg, Iron: 3mg

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Chard recipe, Sauteed Swiss Chard, Sauteed Swiss Chard Recipe, Swiss Chard Recipe

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FAQs

How do you keep Swiss chard from being bitter? ›

To minimize bitterness in Swiss chard, it is recommended to blanch or sauté the leaves before adding them to a dish, or to pair them with other flavorful ingredients such as garlic, lemon, or cheese.

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Can you eat the stems of Swiss chard? ›

Chard stems take a little longer to cook than the leaves, but the whole plant is edible and delicious. It's a little bit sweet in the stems (which have a slight celery-like flavor) and pleasantly bitter in the leaves. Some people prefer to remove the stems from the leaves and cook them separately.

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What does Swiss chard taste like? ›

What does chard taste like? Similar to spinach, most varieties of chard are earthy and pleasantly bitter when eaten raw. While it is not as bitter as kale, the bitterness in chard also diminishes as the leaves are cooked, giving them a milder and sweeter flavor and tender texture.

Why is Swiss chard a super food? ›

Swiss chard is an excellent source of vitamin A and vitamin K and a good source of vitamin C and magnesium. Swiss chard also contains the antioxidants beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. Vitamin A plays a significant role in normal formation and maintenance of many organs including the heart, lungs and kidneys.

Which is better red or green Swiss chard? ›

Buying and Storing Swiss Chard

Although chard leaves are always a dark green, the stems can be white, yellow, or bright red. There is no noticeable flavor difference between the colors, although the red stems can bleed a red or pink color into the other foods it's cooked with.