Perfect Sauteed Spinach
- PREP 5min
- COOK 5min
- TOTAL 10min
Sautéed spinach is a tasty, fast and nutritious dish. It’s made in under 10 minutes and so simple! For extra flavor, we cook the spinach with sliced garlic and lemon zest. As the spinach quickly cooks in the pan, it wilts, turns bright green, and becomes tender.
You Will Need
10 ounces spinach leaves (about 10 cups)
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 to 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Zest of half a lemon, optional
Pinch sea salt
Pinch crushed red pepper flakes, optional
Directions
Add olive oil, garlic, and the lemon zest (optional) to a wide skillet over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring often, until the oil bubbles around the garlic, about 30 seconds. Do not brown.
Pile the spinach leaves into the pan and add a generous pinch of salt. Wait about 30 seconds or until the bottom layer of leaves has started to wilt, and then toss the leaves around the pan. As the spinach cooks, keep tossing so all the leaves hit the bottom of the skillet.
When the spinach looks bright green and is mostly wilted, remove the pan from the heat and serve with a pinch of extra salt on top. For a little heat, add a light sprinkle of red pepper flakes (optional).
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- A microplane works nicely to remove lemon zest or you can use a sharp vegetable peeler to peel away the outer yellow skin of the lemon, and then thinly slice the peel (we do this in our video).
- The nutrition facts provided below are estimates.