SPANAKORIZO: SPINACH RICE PILAF
Yield:
4
Ingredients
- 2 pound fresh spinach, chopped
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 6 large cloves of garlic, sliced
- ½ cup of olive oil, plus ¼ cup more
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
- 1 cup basmati rice, washed and soaked for 15 minutes
- 1 and ½ cups water
- 1 and ¼ teaspoon sea salt or to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- 1-2 lemons cut into wedges
- Feta for garnish, about ¼ pound
Instructions
Rinse the rice with cool water until the water runs clear. Soak the rice in a bowl with cool water for 15 minutes.
Add the onion, olive oil, and garlic to a pot and cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes or until soft and golden. Season with a pinch of salt. Add the spinach leaves in a few batches until they are wilted. Add the dried dill.
Drain the rice and add it to the pot along with the salt and pepper, and 1 and 1/4 cups of water. Mix it all together and bring the mixture to a boil. Cover the pot and reduce to a simmer for 15 minutes. Fluff and serve with lemon wedges, feta, and olives.
the spanakorizo recipe does not have instructions. how can I get them?
Hi Dimitra,
I don’t see description of making this dish under instructions. Is this an error or is the web page playing up?
Love your site and can’t get enough of the Shrimp Saganaki.
Thanks
Martin
My mom used to make the spanokorizo and she put it in her homemade bread like a pocket and braid it to close the end I wish I had the recipe but I miss all her cooking so bad I wish I would of watched her more. Have you ever made this? I would love to try and make it if I knew how.her homemade Greek bread was awesome !!!!
I’ve made this several times now and we love it. However, would suggest that it’s only 1# of spinach and 1.25 c water. The spinach container you show is the same one we get at the market and it’s only 1# and not 2. In your ingredients you state 1.5 c but in the written instructions, 1.25 c. The 1.25 c was better than the 1.5 c — at 1.5 c it’s rather soggy. One shortcut I’ve added is to add the seasoning to the liquid and heat it in the microwave. It increases the marriage of flavors. I also increased my dried dill to a scant tablespoon as we love dill here.
Hello I’m in the middle of this recipe but it’s not consistent with the video.
It looks like you are only using 1LB on the video.
The recipe says use 2lb (which I did)
The video and the written instructions say use 1 1/4 water but the ingredient list shows 1 1/2 water.
I used the 1 1/4 water and 2 lbs spinach and followed all like video and written instructions
but I’m now finding I have to cook
spinach/rice longer as there is NOWAY the rice is done in 15min.
So I’m not sure what I did different.
I am using same pot like in the video (love those too!)
I have used your easy spanikopita recipe and LOVE it. I hope I can save this one. Thanks Dimitra for any advice