Spanakorizo

How to Cook Recipes Spanakorizo using 12 ingredients and 4 steps

Spanakorizo - It is probably one of the healthiest traditional Greek recipes because it's packed with lots of spinach, onions, fresh herbs, and lemon. While a basic Spanakorizo recipe contains only spinach, onion, and dill, there are many variations of this dish. In Greece spanakorizo is a main dish not a side - all the better to enjoy more of this healthy delicious dish! fresh dill is essential to the recipe however - so much better than dried. One of our favourite vegetarian (ladera) meals. Most often, it is made 'white' - without the use of tomato paste added to the cooking liquid.

Oh, and did I mention its nutritional value?

Spinach full of antioxidants and fiber, the lemon helps with some absorption of the iron in the spinach and the rice is a source of carbohydrates to provide sustenance.

You can have Spanakorizo using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients make Spanakorizo

1. Prepare 1 cup basmati rice.
2. Prepare 100 gm spinach.
3. Prepare 1 onion chopped.
4. It's 1 tbsp garlic chopped.
5. You need 1 tbsp garlic chives chopped.
6. Prepare 2 tbsp oil.
7. It's 1 tbsp butter.
8. It's 1 tbsp lemon juice.
9. Prepare 1 tsp lemon zest.
10. You need 1 tsp salt.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp pepper.
12. Prepare 25 gm feta cheese.

Spanakorizo step by step

1. Wash and drain the rice. Wash and drain the spinach leaves well..
2. Heat oil and butter in a pot. Add chopped garlic and then chopped onions to it... fry till pink and then add chives saute and then add spinach. Mix and then add rice to it... mix well and add salt and pepper and 2 cups water to it... cook for 15 -20 mins till the rice is done..
3. Then add lemon juice and lemon zest and some more chives and mix..
4. Serve on a plate and garnish with some grated feta cheese and some more chives. Serve hot or cold..

Spanakorizo - A squeeze of lemon over the rice, which is how Greeks eat it, make this an even greater nutritional bomb. The name Spanakorizo may sound complicated, but the recipe couldn't be easier. It is simply rice cooked with spinach, onions, garlic and olive oil! A Greek side dish that goes well with any type of meat, chicken or fish. And especially nice as a side dish for a buttery and flaky pot pie. "But wait a second, Olivia. You said this was an easy. Today's recipe is my attempt at recreating that wonderful Greek rice, which I have since learned is known as "Spanakorizo" or spinach rice. Thank you and good luck