Lawry’s Creamed Spinach

Lawry's Creamed SpinachOne of my favorite restaurants is Lawry’s.  Their prime rib is DE-licious, but I like the creamed spinach even better.  So I can’t tell you how excited I was to find this recipe in an old cookbook called, Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places.  The book I have is Volume 3, so I don’t know whether or not this recipe is in all the volumes.  But don’t worry, you can get it here!  

Every time I eat at Lawry’s I order the creamed spinach, and it’s the only item on my plate that I finish.  Then I bring home a box of leftover meat and potatoes, but the next day when I warm it up, I’m always sad that I don’t have any more spinach.  

Ha!  Now I can make it any time I want.  YUM!  

There’s something interesting about this recipe.  It instructs you to grind the spinach, bacon, and onions before cooking.  (My mom used to have a hand-crank food grinder that mounted on the counter, but I don’t).  So I finely chopped and minced everything.  However, when completed, it didn’t look like Lawry’s, so I put in in the blender, pureed for a few seconds, and voila!  It looked perfect.  (If you’re going to grind it in the end, don’t worry too much about how finely everything is minced.)
Lawry's Creamed Spinach

Lawry's Creamed Spinach
Serves 6
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
15 min
Ingredients
  1. 1 ½ pounds fresh spinach
  2. 5 strips bacon, minced
  3. 1 medium onion, minced
  4. 1 clove garlic, minced
  5. 1 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
  6. ¼ teaspoon pepper
  7. 3 tablespoons butter
  8. 3 tablespoons flour
  9. 1 ½ cups whole milk
Instructions
  1. Steam spinach for approximately 5 minutes (do NOT overcook). Rinse under cold water, and squeeze dry. Chop finely.
  2. Sauté bacon, then add onion, garlic, seasoned salt, pepper, and spinach. Sauté until all moisture is gone.
  3. In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Add flour, and blend thoroughly. Whisk in milk, and bring to a boil. Add to spinach mixture, and stirring constantly, bring to a slow boil.
Adapted from Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places Volume 3
Adapted from Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places Volume 3
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Steam the following for approximately 5 minutes (do NOT overcook). 1 ½ pounds fresh spinach You may use frozen spinach instead. In which case, don't cook it, thaw, and move on to the next step.

Steam the following for approximately 5 minutes (do NOT overcook).
1 ½ pounds fresh spinach
You may use frozen spinach instead. In which case, don’t cook it, thaw, and move on to the next step.

Rinse under cold water, and ...

Rinse under cold water, and …

... squeeze dry.

… squeeze dry.

Prepare as follows: 1 ½ pounds fresh spinach, chopped finely 5 strips bacon, minced 1 medium onion, minced

Prepare as follows:
1 ½ pounds fresh spinach, chopped finely
5 strips bacon, minced
1 medium onion, minced

Sauté bacon, then ...

Sauté bacon, then …

...add minced onion, 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt ¼ teaspoon pepper and ...

… add minced onion,
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon Lawry’s Seasoned Salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
and …

... and spinach. Sauté until all moisture is gone.

… the chopped spinach. Sauté until all moisture is gone.

In a medium saucepan, combine and blend thoroughly: 3 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons flour

In a medium saucepan, combine and blend thoroughly:
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour

Whisk in 1 ½ cups whole milk

Whisk in
1 ½ cups whole milk

Whisking constantly, cook until thick.

Whisking constantly, cook until thick.

Add to spinach mixture, and stirring constantly, bring to a slow boil.

Add to spinach mixture, and stirring constantly, bring to a slow boil.

At this point it's ready to serve, but I wanted mine to look like Lawry's.

At this point it’s ready to serve, but I wanted mine to look like Lawry’s, so …

So I put it in the blender and pureed it for a minute.

… I put it in the blender and pureed it for a minute.

That's how I got this BEAUTIFUL green creamed spinach.

That’s how I got this BEAUTIFUL green creamed spinach.

Serve immediately.

Serve immediately, and by the way, leftovers are AMAZING!