Ingredients
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1 1/2 pounds spinach, trimmed, washed, and dried.
1 tabespoon crushed red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup lime juice
Instructions
1. Heat the oil in a large skillet until it begins to smoke.
2. Add the spinach and stir constantly until it wilts, about a minute.
3. Add the red pepper, sugar, salt, pepper, garlic, and lime juice, and cook another 30 seconds or so, still stirring.
4. Serve immediately.
Variation: Spinach with Lime and Cilantro
Before the oil smokes, add 1 onion, peeled and diced; cook until it is soft. Raise the heat to high, brown the onion a bit, and add the spinach as above, with 1 cup minced cilantro. Omit the red pepper, sugar, and garlic; proceed as in original recipe.
Other greens to use: Chard
Note: You can make this as hot as you like, but don't omit the sugar, a "secret ingredient" that brings all the other flavors together.
From Leafy Greens, by Mark Bittman.
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