Rice With Spinach - Greek

Name: Rice With Spinach - Greek
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 cup long-grain rice; salt, to taste; pepper, to taste; 1 1/2 cups chicken stock (or water); 1 lb fresh spinach, trimmed, washed, and drained but still wet; 2 pinches grated nutmeg; 1 lemon, juice of; 2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits; 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

Submitted by Mrs Goodall

"This looks yummy, and soon I'll have a garden full of spinach to use!! So, until the spinach grows a bit more, I won't be able to try it...It comes from "The Best Recipes in the World" by Mark Bittman."

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photo by Leggy Peggy

Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 10
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₄ cup extra virgin olive oil
1 cup long-grain rice
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
1 ¹⁄₂ cups chicken stock (or water)
1 lb fresh spinach, trimmed, washed, and drained but still wet
2 pinches grated nutmeg
1 lemon, juice of
2 tablespoons butter, cut into bits
¹⁄₂ cup crumbled feta cheese

directions

Put 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium saucepan with a lid over medium heat. A minute later, add the rice along with some salt and pepper and cook, stirring, for about a minute. Add the stock, reduce the heat to low, and cover. Cook for about 15 minutes, or until the rice is done.
Meanwhile, put the remaining oil in a deep skillet over medium-high heat. A minute later, add the spinach and some salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until it wilts. Continue to cook until most of the liquid is gone; stir in the nutmeg and the lemon.
Toss the cooked rice with the butter and put on a platter.
Stir the cheese into the spinach, them immediately put on top of the rice and serve.

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Reviews

Easy and delicious! I used frozen spinach, but the flavors here paired well with my Greek inspired dinner. Thank you for sharing the recipe!

Susie D
Oh yum, oh yum, oh yum. I use a slightly different approach to steaming rice, so I put the baby spinach on top of the rice as it finished its steaming (off the heat). I then stirred in the lemon and nutmeg, and added the feta on top. Never, ever have I thought of adding spinach and feta to rice, and now I can't get it out of my mind. Great combo! Served with Greek-style green beans and lamb shanks.

Leggy Peggy
Excellent!! I used 1 frozen box spinach instead of the fresh- I loved the flavors and i will make again-thanks Mrs Goodall for this delicious recipe!

petlover
i loved this. dee

Dienia B.