Fresh Sautéed Spinach & Garlic
Fresh sautéed spinach & garlic is so tender and delicious and couldn’t be any easier to make. It’s literally done in a matter of minutes. Sauté garlic in a medium pan, add spinach, cover, stir and it’s done. There are endless things you can do with sauteed spinach. One of my favorites is using the spinach as a base layer with meats, and fish like Chilean sea bass with green goddess sauce II, seared scallops, sauteed chicken breast, or stuffed roulades of chicken.
Ingredients – Serves 4 dinners:
- 8 oz. pkg or more of fresh spinach leaves
- 3 large garlic cloves put thru garlic press
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
Directions:
- Add olive oil to a medium pan and turn heat to medium/low heat.
- Add garlic from garlic press and sauté for 2 minutes being careful not to burn.
- Stir with spatula.
- Add fresh spinach on top of garlic and put a cover on the pan.
- Turn the heat to medium/high and let it steam for 2 minutes.
- Lift cover and begin to turn leaves around with tongs.
- The spinach will only take another 3 minutes.
- Take off heat and add a sprinkle of salt and pepper
- If you want to make the spinach ahead of time rinse the spinach with ice cold water after it’s sautéed to stop the cooking and keep the vibrant green color, then squeeze the water out and set aside or put into the frig until you are ready
- The easiest way to re-heat spinach is put it in a small pan with 1 tsp of butter on top and warm thru tossing around with tongs just for 2-3 minutes (or put into microwave very briefly ….don’t need to cook it ….heating thru only).