Name: Spinach with Rice (Ispanak Pirinçleme)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 300 g (10½ oz) good-quality minced (ground) beef (ask your butcher to do this so that it is as fresh as possible); 200 g (7 oz/scant 1 cup) medium-grain rice; 2 onions, finely chopped; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) olive oil; 600 g (1 lb 5 oz) English spinach, washed and chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Istanbul Cult Recipes

By Pomme Larmoyer

Published 2015

About

If you like, the spinach here can be swapped out for diced zucchini (courgette).

Ingredients

200 g (7 oz/scant 1 cup) medium-grain rice
60

Method

Rinse the rice in several changes of cold water. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan or large flameproof casserole over medium heat. Quickly sauté the onions, meat and rice for a few minutes until the onion has softened and the rice grains are coated in the oil. Add the spinach and cook, stirring, for 3 minutes, then pour in 750