Turkish Sauteed Spinach

This is the best way to make sauteed spinach! This Turkish style spinach recipe is ready in 30 minutes and is so flavorful. Topped with yogurt sauce and spiced butter, this sauteed spinach recipe results in a tasty appetizer or side dish.

Ingredients:
▢2 tbsp olive oil
▢1 onion , finely chopped
▢4 cloves garlic , minced
▢1 tsp tomato paste
▢1/2 tsp kosher salt
▢1/4 tsp black pepper
▢1 lb spinach
Yogurt sauce
▢1 cup yogurt
▢1 clove garlic , grated
▢1/2 tsp kosher salt
▢1/4 tsp black pepper
▢1 tsp dried mint
Topping
▢2 tbsp butter
▢1 tbsp Aleppo pepper
▢2 tbsp chopped walnut

Instructions:
Heat the olive oil in a large pan over medium heat. Sauté the onion until golden and translucent. This would take 5 to 10 minutes.
Add in the garlic and the tomato paste. Stir to combine and add the salt and pepper.
Add in the spinach and cook over medium heat until the spinach is cooked and wilted, about 10 minutes.
To make the yogurt sauce, mix the yogurt with the grated garlic, salt, pepper and dried mint.
Melt the butter in a small pan over medium heat. Once melted, add in the Aleppo pepper and give it a good stir. Add in the walnuts and cook for a minute or two.
Transfer the sauteed spinach to a serving plate. Top with the yogurt sauce and spiced butter.

This is the best way to serve a spinach. Even people who don’t like greens devour this. I’ve served this to people who make faces when they see greens or are not into spinach. And I’ve always had rave reviews, so you might want to give this one a try. This is a Turkish style spinach. And you’re going to start with sauteing some onion and garlic with some tomato paste and then all the spinach in the world because it’s never enough. The yogurt sauce is made with whole milk yogurt, some grated garlic, dried mint, and salt. And the final layer is some Aleppo pepper cooked in olive oil and butter and finished with some walnuts on top. The three layers together make such a delicious dish. You can have it as a side dish or as an appetizer or if you’re like me, serve it as a main dish with a little bit of bread. That’s it. Enjoy.