Spanaki Pilafi

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb spinach, washed well and drained
• 3/4 cup rice, rinsed and drained
• water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon mint
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1 fresh lemon, halved

Recipe

• 1 place spinach in a saucepan. simmer over low heat, covered, for 10 minutes. set aside.
• 2 place rice in a 2qt saucepan, add enough water to cover. bring to a boil, stir in rice with a fork, then simmer until water is absorbed.
• 3 add the partially cooked rice to the spinach, stir carefully with a fork to mix. add salt, pepper and mint. cover and simmer on low heat for 10-15 minutes, until rice is fully cooked.
• 4 in a frying pan, heat olive oil to the sizzling point. do not allow to burn.
• 5 pour holt oil over the rice and spinach, stirring carefully to mix.
• 6 cover pot. let sit for 10 minutes before serving.
• 7 serve in a shallow bowl and sqeeze plenty of lemon juice over pilaf.