Filled with greens, beans, and carbohydrates all-in-one pot spinach rice recipe. It is healthy and full of proteins, fibers, and vitamins.
How easy are one pot meals to prepare. Dump all the ingredients in, put the timer on and the dish is ready to enjoy. And, it’s less messy too! This spinach rice recipe is also a one pot meal. It hardly takes 10 min. for initial prep and 15-20 min. for actual cooking. It is our favorite option for times when we are tired or when we don’t have time for cooking.
This spinach rice recipe is an all in one dish. Greens and beans along with carbohydrates turn this into a perfect meal. If you are vegan or vegetarian, replace chicken stock with vegetable stock (or water) for cooking this recipe.
How this spinach rice is healthy?
This spinach rice recipe is full of nutrition because it contains:
- fresh spinach which is rich in vitamin A and C
- beans that increase protein and fiber content
- no saturated fat
One Pot Spinach Rice
Ingredients
- 1 cup white rice (rinsed and drained)
- 2-3 cups fresh baby spinach
- 2 Tomatoes diced
- 1 medium onion diced
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup Pinto beans canned (rinsed and drained)
- 2 cup low sodium chicken stock (or vegetable stock or water if vegan)
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp avocado oil or other cooking oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add garlic and saute until fragrant for about 30 sec
- Add onion and saute until translucent. Then add diced tomatoes and cook them until they soften for about 3-4 mins
- Add spinach, beans, rice and cook for a couple of minutes. Now add water, chicken stock or vegetable stock (if vegan) and bring the mixture to a boil
- Season with curry powder, salt and pepper. Adjust salt and pepper according to taste
- Simmer the rice mixture for 18-20 min (or until rice is tender) on low heat with lid on
- Turn off the heat and serve warm to enjoy this nutritious spinach rice
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Notes
Nutrition
Product Tips:
- Avocado oil– It is healthy cooking oil. I use it in my recipes most of the time.
- I used 12″ Cast iron pan for making this rice.
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One Pot Spinach Rice Video!
Mel
December 11, 2018 at 10:59 pmThis recipe is to easy and awesome!!!
I make my own chicken broth that I added, I also added lime zest after I turned off the stove and squeeed 1 line. Everything else was perfectly addicting!!! Love love love
juliana
March 16, 2019 at 4:06 amThank-you for the wonderful recipe. It was yummy, and so quick and easy to make.
Thumbs up!
NewChef21
April 9, 2019 at 6:36 pmI’m sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m a complete beginner. Should I cook the rice first or use raw rice for this recipe? Can I susbstitute brown rice?
Watch What U Eat
April 9, 2019 at 10:31 pmHi, I used raw white rice in this recipe. You can use brown rice as well if you prefer.
However, brown rice will take a longer time to cook than mentioned in the recipe (if rice starts to stick at the bottom, you may also need to add more water).
Let us know your feedback when you try this dish!
Ashley
July 3, 2019 at 10:53 pmI made this tonight for dinner for my family of 3 and everyone loved it. Perfect ratios, great curry flavor and I love that this is truly a one pot meal. Great recipe! Thanks!
Hana Li
August 1, 2019 at 4:00 pmLovely, I quickly fried some whole cumin seeds before frying garlic and onion and sprinkled with some garam Masala at the end end. Also swapped pinto for butter beans and threw in some fresh chillies. Worked a treat. Tasty vegan dinner. Thank you. 😊
Aryn
October 16, 2019 at 12:45 pmSuper yummy! I didn’t have any fresh tomatoes so I used canned fire roasted with garlic, and I added some diced yellow, red, and orange bell peppers. So quick, easy, and filling!
Kat
November 30, 2019 at 3:30 pmOH MY GOSH – this tasted SO DELICIOUS!! I’m soooo pleased with the recipe. It tasted amazingly delicious and was very quick to make too. Because this was so good, I’m going to check out your other recipes now! THANK YOU!
Diane
March 28, 2020 at 11:36 pmEasy to make, but bland. We tried adding almonds, raisins and parm but it was still bland. Seems like a great healthy base once we figure out what would perk up this dish.
Watch What U Eat
March 29, 2020 at 10:51 amYou can add a little more curry powder for additional flavors.
Joshua
March 29, 2020 at 5:29 amCan I use frozen broccoli and spinach for this recipe? (I’m a total novice!) Thanks for the recipe.
Watch What U Eat
March 29, 2020 at 10:49 amYes, you can use frozen spinach and broccoli.