Spinach rice with mussels and tomato

Spinach rice with mussels and tomato

Ingredients:
1 kg spinach in leaves (frozen can do as well)
2/3 cup olive oil
400 grams mussels with shells
2 fresh onions, peeled and thinly sliced
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
200 grams rice
3 tbsps anise, finely chopped
400 grams tomatoes, peeled and cut in small cubes
1 cinnamon stick
salt
pepper

Preparation:
In a cooking pot, we heat half the oil and we saute the fresh onions, the onion and the garlic till they get translucent.  We add the rice and we stir for 3-4 minutes.  Following, we add the spinach, the cinnamon stick and the anise and we keep stirring for 2-3 minutes.  We add the tomatoes, the rest of the olive oil and 1 1/2 cups water and we let the food simmer for 40-45 minutes.  10 minutes before cooking is over, we add the mussels, salt and pepper to taste and stir well.

Itadakimasu!

Dix Love,

Re: Spinach rice with mussels and tomato

Ohhhh I love this!