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Mushroom and Spinach Rice Skillet

Browned mushrooms and spinach folded through savory rice cooked in one pan.

Mushroom and Spinach Rice Skillet, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
40 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.39

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 16 oz cremini (baby bella) mushrooms
  • 5 oz baby spinach
  • 3 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1 lemon

Method

  1. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a deep skillet over medium-high. Add the sliced mushrooms in one layer and leave them 5 minutes to brown, then stir and cook 4 minutes more. Move to a bowl.

  2. Add the remaining oil and the diced onion and cook 5 minutes.

  3. Add the minced garlic, thyme, salt, and pepper for 1 minute, then the rice, stirring to coat it in the oil.

  4. Pour in the broth, bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low for 18 minutes.

  5. Fold the mushrooms and the spinach into the hot rice, cover again, and let sit 5 minutes off the heat.

  6. Finish with lemon juice and a grind of pepper.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 11 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
United Kingdom£24.19£6.0511 of 11 ingredients
Australia$62.29$15.5711 of 11 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬١٦٥٫٢٠ ج.م.‏‏٢٩١٫٣٠ ج.م.‏11 of 11 ingredients
Canada$101.07$25.2711 of 11 ingredients
Spain16,65 €4,16 €11 of 11 ingredients
Mexico$704.57$176.1411 of 11 ingredients
New Zealand$61.98$15.5010 of 11 ingredients
Greece20,90 €5,23 €10 of 11 ingredients
Germany32,47 €8,12 €10 of 11 ingredients
United States$37.54$9.399 of 11 ingredients
Austria€ 35,46€ 8,879 of 11 ingredients

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