Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Turkish Spinach Stew

Turkish Spinach Stew.

You can cook Turkish Spinach Stew using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Turkish Spinach Stew

1. It’s 2 lbs of spinach.
2. It’s 1 lb of minced beef (optional).
3. Prepare 1/2 can of canned cubed tomatoes.
4. Prepare 10 of cherry tomatoes (some halved, some full).
5. Prepare 1 of onion.
6. It’s 3 cloves of garlic.
7. You need of Salt, pepper, cumin.
8. Prepare of Olive oil.
9. Prepare 1/2 cup of rice, washed (optional).

Turkish Spinach Stew instructions

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!! :).