Turkish Spinach Stew
Turkish Spinach Stew

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, turkish spinach stew. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Turkish Spinach Stew make this with meat to make it into a weeknight meal, or without meat for a nice side dish to lamb chops, enjoy!! Probably the most popular vegetable dish in Turkey! Can also be cooked with ground meat, but we as Easy Turkish Recipes' team, decid.

Turkish Spinach Stew is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Turkish Spinach Stew is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook turkish spinach stew using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Turkish Spinach Stew:
  1. Get 2 lbs spinach
  2. Make ready 1 lb minced beef (optional)
  3. Prepare 1/2 can canned cubed tomatoes
  4. Get 10 cherry tomatoes (some halved, some full)
  5. Make ready 1 onion
  6. Get 3 cloves garlic
  7. Take Salt, pepper, cumin
  8. Take Olive oil
  9. Take 1/2 cup rice, washed (optional)

Add the stock or water, the lemon juice, rice, salt, paprika, cinnamon, sugar and steamed spinach and bring to a simmer. In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add the water, lentils, bouillon, Worcestershire sauce, salt, thyme, pepper and bay leaf; bring to a boil. In a Dutch oven, saute onion in oil until tender.

Steps to make Turkish Spinach Stew:
  1. Wash the spinach really well! Spinach holds a lot of soil. Boil water in the kettle.
  2. Finely chop the onions and mince the garlic.
  3. Cover the bottom of a medium saucepot with olive oil (1 finger high). Cook the onions until they're translucent and the garlic over medium/high heat. You don't want these too be raw and overpower the spinach.
  4. Season the onions and garlic well with salt, pepper and a little bit of cumin (optional).
  5. Add the minced meat into the pot and cook. You want the pot to be hot enough that the meat caramelizes. This adds a layer of flavor.
  6. Once the meat cooks, add the spinach into the pot and toss stuff around a while. Make sure everyone gets time to cook. In 2-3 minutes, add the tomatoes. Toss everyone again.
  7. Add the rice and a cup of boiling water. Adjust amount of water, but keep in mind that spinach releases a lot of water as it cooks!
  8. Turn down the heat to med/low, cover the pot, and cook until everything comes together. Approx 20 minutes.
  9. Serve with some greek yogurt!! :)

Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is almost evaporated. Which kind of stew are you looking for? Pork Stew Fish Stew Beef Stew Vegetable Stew Any Type of Stew. The Turks are famous for their olive oil based dishes and this chickpea stew is a staple in most Turkish family homes. We prefer the veggie version as printed, but many do add either chicken pieces or meat (see the recipe note section if you want to meaty things up!).

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