Micro Chop Kale Salad with Jalapeño Lemon Dressing
September 8, 2025
: 4
: Easy
This kale salad was inspired by a similar salad made by KaleJunike. To make this salad, you’ll need curly kale, avocado oil, avocado, jalapeño, slivered almonds, breadcrumbs, parmesan or asiago cheese, lemon, honey, dijon mustard, garlic, kosher salt, and ground black pepper.
Ingredients
- For the Salad:
- 1 Bunch Curly Kale stems removed and very finely chopped
- 1 Teaspoon Avocado Oil
- 1 Avocado chopped
- 1 Jalapeño thinly sliced, seeds removed
- ⅓ Cup Slivered Almonds, toasted
- ½ Cup Panko Breadcrumbs, toasted
- ¾ Cup Parmigiano Cheese or Asiago finely grated
- 1 Lemon zested
- For the Dressing:
- ⅓ Cup Avocado Oil
- ¼ Cup Honey
- 1 Lemon juiced
- 4 Slices Jalapeño seeds removed
- 1 Teaspoon Dijon Mustard
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 1 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- ½ Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
Directions
- Step 1 Instructions
- Step 2 To make this salad, start by washing the kale and remove the stems. Then, chop it very finely.
- Step 3 Transfer the chopped kale to a large bowl and add in the avocado oil.
- Step 4 Use your hands to massage the avocado oil into the kale for about one minute, until the kale has softened.
- Step 5 Chop the avocado and jalapeños, grate the parmesan or Asiago cheese, and then add them all to the bowl.
- Step 6 Next, toast the slivered almonds and breadcrumbs. Heat a small pan, on the stove, over medium-low heat, and add in the slivered almonds and breadcrumbs.
- Step 7 Toss the slivered almonds & breadcrumb mixture for about 3-4 minutes, until they’re lightly toasted.
- Step 8 Once they’re done, remove them from the heat and toss the slivered almonds and breadcrumbs into the bowl with the salad. Finally, prepare the dressing. Add all of the dressing ingredients – the avocado oil, honey, lemon, jalapeño, dijon mustard, garlic, kosher salt, and ground black pepper – to a blender. Blend the dressing until it’s very creamy.
- Step 9 Finally, pour the dressing on top of the salad and add the lemon zest on top. Toss to fully combine, then serve and enjoy!