What The Heck Do You Do With Swiss Chard Other Than Salad? You Add Bacon, Cheese and Make A Gratin!
Cheesy Bacon & Swiss Chard Gratin Recipe
So, remember I was saying I get the local, organic produce boxes delivered each week? I was so excited to see this week’s had Swiss Chard. Because, you guys, they use that on Chopped! But then it hit me… I have no clue what to actually do with this gorg leafy green! Maybe that’s why it’s always on chopped? Off to the all knowing Google I went. All I found were a bunch of salads. Don’t get me wrong, my girlish figure says I could totally eat more salad. But, but, I wanted to cook something! Because Swiss Chard!! It just seemed so… fancy… ??? I was determined to cook this stuff and I had bacon (obviously) so I could wing a cheesy kind of dish, right? This is what I threw together….
Bacon and Swiss Chard Gratin
Cheesy Bacon & Swiss Chard Gratin Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 LB Swiss Chard wash, drain, chop the size of spinach leaves
- 1/2 PKG Bacon cook, drain, crumble - save bacon fat!
- 1/2 Cup Italian Seasoned Breadcrumbs
- 1 Cup Heavy Cream
- 2 Cloves Garlic crushed
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
- 2 TBS Butter
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to *400. In the pan you cooked the bacon in, the one with the fat left over, toss in your chopped Swiss Chard and butter. Cook until wilted. About 3 minutes.
- While that's going, bring cream and garlic to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in salt and pepper.
- Place wilted chard in an oven safe dish. I like my cast iron pan.
- Pour warmed cream mixture over the top. Add bacon and cheese over the top of that evenly.
- Finally, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and top off with a bit more salt & pepper. Bake for 20 minutes or until top is all bubbly, warm, brown, yummy.
- Serve hot!
And that’s kind of how I would play it if I opened up my basket and got Swiss Chard on Chopped! No salad. Big girl cooking! My mother in law says it’s a common dish for Fall and a great holiday side dish! Also, any dish you’d use with greens (collard or otherwise) you can absolutely sub these in! Who knew?
I’ve never used it before, but I’d be willing to try. I’m totally intrigued with this dish.
I’ve never cooked with swiss chard before. This recipe sounds great.
I haven’t done anything with Swiss Chard, but I love the idea of cooking it with bacon, cheese, and cream. Yum!
I have cooked with Swiss Chard once or twice. This looks absolutely delicious!
I have never eaten Swiss Chards, I actually never heard of them before until now. Looks like a tasty dish!
Yum, well that looks good! But bacon, swiss, hello? The yummiest stuff is in there!
Actually, I’ve never cooked with it before but now I’m going to try it out.
Bacon and cheese? Sounds delicious!
We like swiss chard and make it into soups, salads, and quiche. This looks great and we’ll have to try it!
This looks amazing! I would love to include this in our upcoming Dubsgiving (small family Thanksgiving where we eat what we want before having to eat the traditional stuff with everyone a few days later)