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Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh spinach
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 Japanese Leeks, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne or other hot pepper
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1/3 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Directions
- 1. Cook the spinach in boiling water for one minute or so until it has wilted and turned bright green. Drain in a colander. Rinse with cool water and squeeze dry.
- 2. Form into a roll and cut into 1/2-inch strips.
- 3. Mix together the garlic, leeks, cayenne, vinegar, soy sauce, sesame oil, and salt in a small bowl. Toss into the cooked spinach.
- 4. Place in bowl and top with sesame seeds. Cover and chill until served.
- Jeff Nekola has a PhD in Ecology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and has a passion for biodiversity in its many forms, whether it be plants, butterflies, and land snails in the wild or crops grown in gardens, orchards and fields, or the use of those foods as expressed by the entire range of humanity's cuisines. You can learn more here.
- Linda Fey's first and finest childhood memories are of helping her mother and grandmother in the garden and then bringing in freshly picked produce to the dinner table. As an adult, she has over 20 years of experience in market gardening and teaches middle-school English at the Albuquerque Institute for Math and Science. Visit www.LindaFey.com to view her writing about food and life.
