Quick Buttery Spinach with Onions, Garlic and Shiitake
Fresh spinach leaves are briefly cooked in an aromatic, savory-sweet mix of fried red onions, garlic and shiitakes.
Equipment
- 1 large skillet
Ingredients
- 1 red onions sliced into about 0.5 cm circles
- 4-6 garlic cloves bruised, core removed
- 6-8 shiitake mushrooms caps only, sliced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 350 g fresh spinach leaves
- 20 g butter
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 tbsp cooking oil for frying
Instructions
- Thoroughly wash the spinach and remove any long stems.
- Season the sliced shiitake caps with 1/4 tsp of salt.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tbsp cooking oil to medium-high.
- Add the onions and fry for 2-3 minutes until they start to darken.
- Add the garlic and mushrooms and continue to fry, stirring often, until the onions are caramelized on the edges.
- Stir in 20g butter and spinach.
- Keep stirring until all leaves wilt and immediately remove from the heat.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve warm.
Notes
- Instead of stirring in the butter in the end, you can fry onions, garlic and shiitakes in a mix of oil and butter.