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Creamed Spinach (Like Boston Market)
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- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 5 tablespoons butter (divided) or 5 tablespoons margarine (divided)
- 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup half-and-half cream
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 2 tablespoons minced onions
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 (10 ounce) boxes frozen chopped spinach, thawed
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese
directions
- In a saucepan over medium low heat, melt 3 Tbls butter.
- Stir flour and salt into pan until creamed together.
- Slowly stir in cream, then stir in cream cheese, increase heat to medium.
- Constantly whisk until mixture becomes thick and smooth, remove from heat and set aside.
- In a saucepan over medium-high heat, saute onions and garlic in remaining butter until transparent.
- Add spinach and water to pan, reduce heat to low, cover.
- Cook, stirring occasionally for 8 minutes.
- Stir prepared sauce and Parmesan cheese into pan, stir until completely blended.
Questions & Replies
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Reviews
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Absolutely fantastic recipe, and with apologies to Chef #1464947, you apparently did not follow the recipe. The measurements are perfect. I doubled this, as it freezes beautifully! I also ADDED about a half pound of crispy fried bacon, and crumbled it into the mixture. I then sprinkled fresh grated parmesan cheese over the top and baked it for about 20 to 30 minutes. I made it a second time, added a bit extra cream cheese and canned milk along with some shredded crab meat and artichoke hearts and served with tortilla chips as a dip. It disappeared so fast, it's almost like it never existed! A MAJOR HIT! Thank you.
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We loved this delicious side. My husband commented that this is the best spinach he has ever eaten and I can only agree. I halved the recipe for the two of us and followed it precisely, except for adding the water in step 6; my thawed spinach still had moisture in it that I couldn't completely squeeze out, so I only added an extra tablespoon of water. Thanks for posting, Renee!
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I’ve been making this exact recipe for about a year or more. I made it three times in the past month. This creamed spinach recipe is the most delicious way to eat spinach. I worked at Boston Market and this recipe is identical. I have used the half and half, I’ve used heavy whipping cream and I’ve used plain whole milk in a pinch but try to have half and half available or heavy cream because plain milk will work but it’s not the same. I can’t say it enough. If you’re looking for a way to make spinach taste good, use this recipe: Thank you very much for whoever you are for posting this
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Tweaks
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Made this tonight and it was very good. Instead of using two separate saucepans though, I made one minor change. I melted the butter, then sauteed the garlic and 1/2 Tbsp of dried minced onion before adding the flour to make the roux. Once I had made the thickened cream sauce, I just added the thawed (and squeezed) spinach that I had microwaved along with the Parmesan, stirred and served.
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I loved it! It's a really great and forgiving recipe. I substituted onion powder for the grated onion and grated parm in a can because I didn't know whether to use that or fresh. Also, I used a 12 oz bag of spinach rather than take a measly 2 oz out. I'm not sure that my opinion really counts considering I took so many liberties with the recipe. But what the heck, I was still fantastic!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Hi, My name is Renee. I am very happily married and have 3 grown married daughters and 6 absolutely precious grand-babies!! ?I LOVE to cook BUT I work outside the home full-time, My husband is self employed so I do his bookkeeping and I own a tie dye business so ANY free time I have at all is usually spent with the grand kids or doing some tie dye!!