Bouchons Sautéed Spinach With Garlic Confit Recipes

GARLIC SAUTEED SPINACH

Steps:

• Rinse the spinach well in cold water to make sure it's very clean. Spin it dry in a salad spinner, leaving just a little water clinging to the leaves.
• In a very large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil and saute the garlic over medium heat for about 1 minute, but not until it's browned. Add all the spinach, the salt, and pepper to the pot, toss it with the garlic and oil, cover the pot, and cook it for 2 minutes. Uncover the pot, turn the heat on high, and cook the spinach for another minute, stirring with a wooden spoon, until all the spinach is wilted. Using a slotted spoon, lift the spinach to a serving bowl and top with the butter, a squeeze of lemon, and a sprinkling of sea or kosher salt. Serve hot.

SAUTEED SPINACH WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Trim and clean the spinach, cut into palm size pieces.
• In a large pan, cook the garlic and red pepper in the olive oil over medium heat until the garlic is golden.
• Add the spinach and salt to taste.
• Stir well.
• Cover the pot and cook until spinach is tender, just a few minutes.
• Serve hot or at room temperature.

SAUTEED SPINACH WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• In a large saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the garlic, and cook until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer garlic to paper towels; reserve. Discard oil.
• Spray pan with cooking spray, and heat over medium heat. Coarsely chop the spinach and stalks. Working in batches, add the damp spinach to the pan. Cover, and cook until spinach just begins to wilt, 4 to 5 minutes. Transfer the cooked spinach to a metal bowl, and cook the remaining spinach. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the reserved garlic over spinach, and serve warm with a wedge of fresh lemon.

GARLIC SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in the garlic; cook and stir until the garlic is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the spinach a few handfuls at a time, stirring until wilted before adding more, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice, and season with garlic salt.

SAUTEED SPINACH WITH GARLIC AND LEMON

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium. Add garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant and beginning to brown, about 1 minute. Using a slotted spoon, remove garlic and discard.
• Raise heat to high. Add spinach to skillet gradually, waiting for one batch to wilt before adding the next. Cook, tossing, until tender, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Drain liquid from skillet; add lemon juice, salt, and pepper to taste.

BOUCHON'S SAUTéED SPINACH WITH GARLIC CONFIT

Steps:

• For the confit.
• Cut off and discard the root ends of the garlic cloves. Place the cloves in a small saucepan, and add enough oil to cover them by about 1 inch. None of the garlic cloves should be poking through the oil.
• Place the saucepan over low heat. The cloves should cook gently: very small bubbles will come up through the oil, but the bubbles should not break the surface.
• Adjust the heat as necessary and move the pan to one side if it is cooking too quickly.
• Cook the garlic for about 40 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes or so, until the cloves are completely tender when pierced with the tip of a knife.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the garlic to cool in the oil.
• Refrigerate the garlic, submerged in the oil, for up to a month.
• For the spinach.
• If using large-leaf spinach, remove the thick stems and wash the leaves. Wash the baby spinach.
• Melt the butter in the largest skillet you have over medium-low heat.
• Add the shallots and sauté gently for 1 minute.
• Add the garlic confit and only as much spinach as will fit in the skillet, sprinkle with one-half teaspoons salt and a pinch of pepper, or to taste, and use tongs to turn the spinach in the butter.
• As the spinach wilts, continue to add handfuls of spinach from time to time and season additionally as needed.
• Do not overcook: the spinach is done when it is wilted and tender but still bright green. Serve immediately.