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greens/blanched

How long to cook leafy greens

Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.

Your time 0:30

Which greens?

Tougher leaves need real time. Spinach needs almost none.

How do you want them?

How to tell without a timer

Into the ice bath now.

Straight into ice water, then squeeze dry. Greens left in the hot pot turn grey.

How it goes

  1. Push them under the water. Have the ice bath ready.
Every combination, as a table
Which greens?How do you want them?Time
Spinach Just wilted 0:30
Spinach Fully tender 0:50
Swiss chard Just wilted 1:00
Swiss chard Fully tender 1:35
Kale Just wilted 2:00
Kale Fully tender 3:10
Collard greens Just wilted 3:00
Collard greens Fully tender 4:50

The app does this, then learns

The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.

Cooked the same way

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