Sauteed Sweet Potatoes and Spinach
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Everyday Food, November 2003
- Prep Time 30 minutes
- Total Time 30 minutes
- Yield Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 1 1/2 teaspoons curry powder
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup red onion
- 1 1/2 pounds spinach
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
Directions
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Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cut sweet potatoes into cubes; cook, stirring, until starting to soften, 8 to 10 minutes.
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Add curry powder. Cook 1 minute. Add water and chopped red onion. Cook, stirring, until water evaporates and potatoes are tender and browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl.
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In the same skillet, cook spinach in two batches, adding second batch when first wilts, 2 minutes. Drain; add to potatoes.
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Stir in balsamic vinegar; season with coarse salt and ground pepper.
I've made this a few times and I love it. The very first time I undercooked the potatoes, now I know to double check them. I just made this tonight replacing broccolini for the spinach, and it was also quite good!
This is my favorite way to eat sweet potatoes and I make this regularly. I find that I do not need to cook the sweet potatoes for the full 10 minutes after adding the water; they tend to get too mushy. Could be my stove. I recommend cooking them until they're done to your taste. I also substitute baby spinach if I don't have regular spinach.
This was easy, and really delicious. It's one of those things that's so simple, I wonder why I needed a recipe to think of it. I would never have put the curry powder with this, but I'm so glad I tried it. We all loved it. It's definitely going in the rotation!
A fast easy and delicious dish! I was out of curry so I used cumin, coriander and smoked paprika instead and was pleased with the results. I also added garlic to the spinach. I'll definitely make this again.
Wow! Extremely delicious. I just tried this recipe today and it turned out great! I actually put in a little corriander by mistake along with the cumin and it was really good. This recipe reminds me of a middle eastern flavor, I think a good piece of lamb would be good with this.
I would also try this with butternut squash
I made this recipe last night, because I am doing the Daniel Fast with my church. It was great. The curry seasoning, was a nice surprise. I wasn't sure how it was going to affect the dish, but it fit perfectly. When I sauteed the spinach, I added garlic, to enhance the flavor.