Stir-Fried Garlic Spinach

Name: Stir-Fried Garlic Spinach
Cuisine: China
Ingredients: 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 2 bunches English spinach, trimmed and rinsed; 2 tablespoons shaoxing; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon sea salt; 1 teaspoon sugar

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Balance and Harmony

By Neil Perry

Published 2008

About

I love this very Cantonese way of dealing with spinach. Equally gorgeous would be to add ginger and crumbled dried chilli to the oil, and some sesame and chilli oil at the end — it would make it very Sichuan.

Ingredients

2 bunches English spinach, trimmed and rinsed
3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
2

Asia
China
Side dish
Spicy
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Heat a wok until it just starts smoking. Add the vegetable oil and, when hot, stir-fry the garlic until fragrant. Add the spinach and stir-fry for 30 seconds, then deglaze the wok with the shaoxing. Add the sea salt and sugar and stir-fry for 1–2 minutes, or until the spinach is tender but still bright green.