Steamed Alugbati / Spinach. Part of the series: Spinach Recipes. Steamed spinach requires a few different tools during its preparation. Steamed Spinach is one of the easiest and quickest side dishes to pull off.
A simple recipe for steamed spinach, seasoned with butter, lemon juice and garlic.
It's a very easy recipe that requires no special steamer.
Scroll down to the recipe card for the detailed instructions.
You can have Steamed Alugbati / Spinach using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Steamed Alugbati / Spinach
- It's 250 g of spinach, cleaned and stalks removed.
- You need 2 tbsp of soy sauce.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of sugar.
- You need 1 tsp of pepper.
- You need 1 of onion, chopped divided to two halves.
- It's 1 tbsp of Bagoong.
- You need 4 cloves of garlic chopped.
Like spinach, alugbati contains a variety of different nutrients, antioxidants and phytonutrients. Alugbati is very similar to regular spinach. Place spinach in a large pot. Toss with oil; season with salt and pepper.
Steamed Alugbati / Spinach step by step
- Prepare your steamer..
- Except half of onions and bagoong, toss all ingredients in a deep plate..
- Once your steamer is ready, steam the spinach for about 5 minutes..
- Once cooked, remove from steamer and top with the remaining onions and the bagoong..
- Serve hot.
The Steamed Spinach is a food added by Pam's HarvestCraft. Alugbati is a common vegetable in the Philippines, and it's also known as malabar spinach, though Alugbati is rapidly gaining popularity worldwide. Also known as Malabar spinach or basella, this leafy. Alugbati, otherwise known as "Malabar Spinach", is not really a spinach at all, although it tastes of Alugbati also packs a lot of nutritional value in its leaves and stems. It has high iron and potassium.
