Recipe: Perfect Lemony spanakorizo

Lemony spanakorizo. Spanakorizo is the traditional Greek version of spinach rice. This simple recipe has three main features that make it a perfect choice to detox your body without renouncing to the taste: it's vegan, it's rich in vegetables, and it's delicious! Spanakorizo is a classic Greek vegetarian dish made with spinach and rice.

Lemony spanakorizo A nutricious and extremely tasty spanakorizo (spinach and rice). Personally I prefer this version to the one with tomatoes! Finish the spanakorizo with fresh chopped dill and cook for a few more minutes. You can have Lemony spanakorizo using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Lemony spanakorizo

1. Prepare 1 kg of spinach (cleaned, washed and coarsely cut).
2. You need 4 of leeks (the white part cut into round slices).
3. Prepare 6 of spring onions (finely chopped).
4. You need 1 of large dry onion (finely chopped).
5. Prepare 1/2 bunch of dill (finely chopped).
6. It's 2 handfuls of rice (I use long-grain).
7. It's of olive oil.
8. You need of salt, pepper.
9. It's of fresh juice of 1 lemon.

Serve this traditional Greek spinach and rice (spanakorizo) with a squeeze of a lemon and top with crumbled feta. Spanakorizo is such a simple dish as many Greek ones are, but yet delicious and easy to make. Oh, and did I mention its nutritional value? Spinach full of antioxidants and fiber, the lemon helps with some absorption of the iron in the spinach and the rice is a source of carbohydrates to provide sustenance.

Lemony spanakorizo step by step

1. Cover the bottom of a pot with olive oil and sauté the onions together with the leeks..
2. As soon as they become translucent, add the spinach, stir and cover until it gets tender. The spinach will let out its liquids so don't add water right away but later..
3. When the spinach gets tender add the dill, the rice, 2 cups water, salt and pepper..
4. Boil for 10' more minutes stirring often so that the rice doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. Then remove from heat, pour in the lemon juice and set it aside covered to absorb its liquids..
5. Serve with fresh bread and feta cheese!.

Remove the lid and gradually add the spinach, along with the remaining stock, stirring, until the leaves are wilted. Add most of the spring onion, parsley, dill and lemon juice. Serve with the lemon wedges on the side. The name Spanakorizo may sound complicated, but the recipe couldn't be easier. It is simply rice cooked with spinach, onions, garlic and olive oil!