Greek Spinach Rice
Greek spinach rice with minimum amount of olive oil. You can add salt if you need to, personally I am trying to avoid added salt and I still find it delicious! If you do not have a water boiler that's fine, but add at least 10-15 minutes to the cooking time. If you would like to try this recipe with brown rice it will also take a few more minutes to cook!
Equipment
- water boiler
- wooden spoon
- stove
- stock pot with lid
Ingredients
- 120 grams raw white rice (a bit more than 1/2 cup)
- 600 grams baby spinach
- 1 large white onion
- 40 grams fresh lemon juice (juice from 1 lemon)
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Wash the baby spinach. Cut the leaves in half and remove the stems.
- Peel, slice and dice the onion.
- Wash the rice with tap water and set aside for now.
- In the pot mix the onions with the olive oil. Put the stove on low to medium heat and sweat the onions for 3 minutes. Keep stirring with a wooden spoon to make sure the onions will not stick to the bottom.
- Start heating 250 ml (a cup) of water in the water boiler.
- Add the spinach and mix. Sweat the spinach for 5 minutes. It will shrink a lot!
- Put the stove on medium heat and add the boiling water. Cover the pot and let it boil for 10 minutes.Start heating 500 ml (2 cups) of water in the water boiler while you are waiting.
- Add the rice, pepper and boiling water and mix. Cover the pot and let the food boil for 15-20 minutes. Keep cooking over medium heat!
- Turn the heat off and remove the pot from the stove while there is still some water left. Stir the food and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Serve, add juice from 1/2 lemon per serving and enjoy!