Frozen or fresh spinach leaves (regular or baby spinach leaves) sauteed with lemon, garlic, salt and pepper makes simple, delicious, easy, quick green vegetable side dish for any meal including holiday meals like Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner or any simple lunch or dinner! Sauteed spinach is a really quick meatless veggie side dish which is vegetarian as well as vegan and it hardly takes 4 to 5 minutes of cooking on stove top!
More simple and easy sauteed vegetable recipes include sauteed onions, sauteed broccoli in instant pot, sauteed carrots etc! If you like easy spinach recipes, try this scrambled eggs with spinach, baked spinach pasta, baked ziti with spinach meatless instant pot recipe, spaghetti rigati with spinach and chickpeas and more!
cooking frozen or fresh spinach leaves to make sauteed spinach
If you wonder how to cook frozen or fresh spinach the easiest way, try this most easy, simple yet delicious sauteed spinach made on stove top using a pan! To make easy, best ever sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon, you may use frozen spinach leaves or fresh spinach leaves whichever you have on hand.
In fact, this is one of the most simple, easy and best ever way to cook frozen spinach or fresh spinach at home, if you are looking for simple spinach side dish. Spinach sauteed with garlic and lemon has simple but great flavor and goes great as a side dish with lunch or dinner or you can even use it as a topping for pizza or use it as a filling for sandwiches, tacos etc as you like! So here is how you can quickly and easily make sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon to make a nice green veggie side dish for lunch, dinner or breakfast!
how to cook spinach to make sauteed spinach with garlic & lemon?
To make sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon, we use the following ingredients.
ingredients used to make sauteed spinach:
- spinach leaves 12 oz
- salt ¼ teaspoon (adjust to taste)
- lemon 2 tablespoons
- minced fresh garlic 1 tablespoon
- dried minced onions 2 teaspoons
- black pepper powder ½ teaspoon (may use little more for seasoning if needed)
- olive oil 2 tablespoons
step by step instructions
- Place the spinach leaves in a large frying pan and add lemon juice.
- Cook in medum low heat for about 2 minutes until the leaves begin to wilt and if you are using frozen leaves, wait for the water content to evaporate.
- Add olive oil and salt, mix well with the spinach.
- Add minced fresh garlic, dried onions and black pepper powder and saute the mixture for another 2 to 3 minutes until the spinach is sauteed well and the flavors are well blended with the spinach.
- Transfer the prepared spinach leaves to a serving dish.
- You may season with more lemon juice, pepper etc if desired!
Below you can get the detailed recipe for sauteed spinach with garlic and lemon!
Sauteed Spinach With Lemon And Garlic
Ingredients
Instructions
- Place the spinach leaves in a large frying pan and add lemon juice.
- Cook in medum low heat for about 2 minutes until the leaves begin to wilt and if you are using frozen leaves, wait for the water content to evaporate.
- Add olive oil and salt, mix well with the spinach.
- Add minced fresh garlic, dried onions and black pepper powder and saute the mixture for another 2 to 3 minutes until the spinach is sauteed well and the flavors are well blended with the spinach.
- Transfer the prepared spinach leaves to a serving dish.
- You may season with more lemon juice, pepper etc if desired!
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