Description
A quick and healthy sautéed spinach dish with garlic and lemon zest.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic (peeled and smashed)
- 1 pound fresh spinach
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt (or to taste)
- black pepper (to taste)
- zest of ½ a lemon
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the smashed garlic cloves to the pan and cook, stirring, until they just start to brown, about 1 minute.
- Add the spinach to the pan, pressing it down as needed to make it all fit. Cover the pan with a lid and let the spinach cook for 1 minute.
- Then remove the lid and stir, moving the spinach from the bottom of the pan to the top so that it all cooks evenly.
- Cover the pan again and cook for 1 minute more, or just until most of the spinach starts to wilt. There will still be some leaves that have not wilted, and these will continue to soften up off the heat.
- Try to err on the side of undercooking to avoid mushy spinach.
- Remove pan from the heat.
- Drain off any excess liquid by tilting the pan to the side and spooning or blotting any liquid that pools in the side of the pan.
- Sprinkle the salt, pepper and lemon zest evenly over the spinach. Taste and adjust the seasonings as needed.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- For best flavor, use fresh garlic and spinach.
- Adjust seasoning to your personal taste.
- Serve as a side dish or add to pasta or grain bowls.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Vegetables
- Method: Sauté
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 50
- Sugar: 0.5g
- Sodium: 120mg
- Fat: 4.5g
- Saturated Fat: 0.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 4g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 0mg