A fabulous Greek rice dish with dill, spinach, and lemon. Accompanies lamb deliciously as well as a side of a cool refreshing cucumber sauce...Enjoy.
Ingredients
- water: 2 cups
- long-grain rice: 1 cup
- olive oil: 1 tsp
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- bunch fresh spinach: 1 piece
- lemon, zested and: 1 piece (juiced)
- crumbled feta cheese: 0.25 cup
- fresh dill: 0.25 cup (chopped)
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
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Stages of cooking
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Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
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Heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute onion until tender, about 5 minutes. Add the cooked rice and spinach; cook and stir until spinach wilts, 3 to 5 minutes. Add lemon juice, zest, feta cheese, and dill. Remove from heat. Season with salt and pepper.
