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Hot and flavorful Wilted Garlic Spinach is an easy and healthy side dish that compliments any dinner, and the best part is that it takes minutes to prepare.
I’ve always loved spinach. Watching Popeye squeeze that green stuff out of the can and into his mouth actually would make my mouth water. When I was a kid, we only ever ate frozen spinach. I don’t think I even knew what fresh spinach looked like until I was an adult. This wilted garlic spinach is so simple and easy to make, yet its the perfect vegetable side dish. The trick to perfection is to cook the garlic low and slow. This will infuse the flavor in the butter without burning it. Then, all it takes to wilt the spinach down is to cover it with a lid and let it steam for awhile. When I make my homemade salmon patties, I almost always make this spinach to go right alongside it. These greens also go tremendously well with some horseradish mashed potatoes.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 10 ounces fresh spinach
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- In large pot, melt butter over low heat. Add garlic and cook over very low heat just until golden. Add spinach and toss in garlic butter to coat, then cover tightly with lid. Continue to cook over low heat until spinach is completely wilted, about 3-5 minutes. Drain off any excess liquid before serving.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I was gifted a 2.5 lb bag of spinach. Just spent an hour making it using your recipe. I finished with a little salt and lemon juice. Next I bagged and tagged it for the freezer. Yum.
Crazy what a huge bag of spinach reduces down to, right?
Can you freeze this?
I suppose you could freeze the leftovers, but it’s so quick to cook, I would never recommend this as a make ahead recipe if that make sense.
Fast and easy recipe. Turned out great. Thank you !
Very yummy! My husband and 16 yr old son both loved it!
I think I would like to have my spinach just dumped on a plate then pour over the creamed spinach sauce because it sounds so good.
In my country that food called “kangkung” hehehe