Spinach & Onions With Crispy Garlic

Vegetable side dish is a must in all our dinner entrée. Sometimes though I run out of ideas on how to cook vegetables. Boiling or steaming is good and all but sometimes adding a few more notches is a good idea as well. Kinda like the bacon notches I did with the asparagus side dish a few months ago. From that idea, I made this spinach & onions with crispy garlic side dish sans the bacon and tomatoes.

Spinach and Onions With Crispy Garlic (Image © Dexie J Wharton)

INGREDIENTS:
1 bag of fresh spinach
1 onion, sliced in rings/rounds
4 cloves of garlic, chopped finely
3 tbsp of olive oil
2 tbsp of water
salt & pepper
Italian seasoning

Heat up the olive oil on a non-stick pan. Add the finely chopped garlic. Cook until toasted. Be careful though coz you don’t wanna burn it. Put the toasted garlic on a smnall plate and set aside.

Using the same pan, add the onions. Let the rings cook, separating them gently with a fork. Add the bag of spinach, water, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Stir and let everything get incorporated. The spinach wilts fast so you should cook it longer than 2-3 minutes or so.

Transfer onto a serving platter. Sprinkle the crispy garlic on top.

Serve as a side dish to any meat dishes like Beef Hoisin Satay, Broiled Lamb Chops, or chicken dishes.