Spinach with Rice
Fresh spinach wilted into rice with spring onion and dill, served with a spoonful of garlicky yoghurt — the Bulgarian home dish cooked as soon as the first tender spinach reaches the market.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 800 g spinach
- 60 ml sunflower oil
- 1 bunch spring onions, sliced
- 150 g rice
- 1 tsp paprika
- 400 ml hot water
- 1 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 0.5 bunch dill, chopped
- 400 g Bulgarian yoghurt
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1467 kcal · P 42.6g · C 191.5g · F 66.2g
Estimated from 11 of 11 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Wash the spinach in several changes of water until no grit settles in the bowl, drain and chop roughly.
- 2Heat the oil in a wide pan over medium heat and soften the spring onions for 3 minutes.
- 3Add the rice and stir for 2 minutes, then take off the heat, stir in the paprika and pour in the hot water. Add the salt and pepper.
- 4Cover and simmer on low heat for 12 minutes, until the rice is almost tender.
- 5Add the spinach a handful at a time, letting each lot wilt before adding the next, and cook uncovered for 5–6 minutes until the spinach is soft and most of the liquid has gone.
- 6Stir in the dill, cover and leave off the heat for 5 minutes.
- 7Mix the yoghurt with the garlic and a pinch of the salt and serve a spoonful on each plate of warm spinach and rice.
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Questions and answers
How long does Spinach with Rice take to make?
About 40 minutes: 15 min prep and 25 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Spinach with Rice?
11 ingredients: spinach, sunflower oil, spring onions, rice, paprika, hot water, salt, black pepper, dill, Bulgarian yoghurt, garlic.
How many servings does this Spinach with Rice recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Spinach with Rice?
About 367 kcal, with 10.7 g protein, 47.9 g carbohydrate and 16.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Spinach with Rice recipe suit?
It is vegetarian and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Spinach with Rice?
Spinach with Rice comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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