Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, spinach with rice (spanakorizo). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Spanakorizo is a classic Greek vegetarian dish made with spinach and rice. It is probably one of the healthiest traditional Greek recipes because it's packed with lots of spinach, onions, fresh herbs, and lemon. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Spinach with rice (spanakorizo) is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Spinach with rice (spanakorizo) is something that I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach with rice (spanakorizo) using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach with rice (spanakorizo):

1. Get 1 kg fresh spinach
2. Get 1/2 cup short grain white rice, or Arborio rice suitable for risotto
3. Take 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
4. Get 1 cup oil
5. Prepare 1 bunch dill, finely chopped
6. Get I small onion, finely chopped
7. Prepare 1 bunch spring onions
8. Prepare 1 cup white wine
9. Take salt
10. Prepare pepper
11. Make ready lemon juice (optional)

Spanakorizo (Greek spinach rice) - Do it like Popeye! Spanakorizo is probably one of the healthiest (and easiest!) traditional Greek recipes, which is packed with lots of spinach, a well known 'super food'. Spinach contains a abundant amounts of nutrients, such as iron, calcium, vitamins C, A, K, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, lutein. This spinach rice recipe is a fun dish and it's a perfect way of making the family eat their greens.

Steps to make Spinach with rice (spanakorizo):

1. Wash the spinach well, and blanch for 1-2 minutes in boiling water.  Drain of excess water very well.
2. In a pot, sauté the onion and spring onions in the oil.
3. Add the parsley, dill, spinach and sauté gently, finishing off with the wine.  When the wine has evaporated, add a little water and season with salt and pepper.
4. Bring to boil, add the rice, and let simmer over low heat for approximately 20 minutes.

Spinach rice is originally cooked with raw rice as a one pot dish. The dish originated from Greece and it's called spanakorizo. This is my spin on the Spanakorizo and I hope you enjoy it. Spinach Rice Recipe (Spanakorizo) My version of spinach rice is a little bit different from the classic recipe because I didn't cook the rice from raw, I used leftover cooked rice. I love the original version and make it once in a while, but today's recipe is the way I use up leftover white rice and baby spinach lying in my fridge waiting.

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