CREAMED SPINACH RECIPE - BOSTON MARKET [COPYCAT]

Creamed Spinach Recipe - Boston Market [Copycat] image

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 13

This Creamed Spinach Recipe was inspired by the original copycat Boston Market creamed spinach recipe which is taken from Ron Douglas's best selling cookbook America's Secret Recipes that contains hundreds of copy cat recipes of many popular rest
5 tbsp butter
¼ cup all-purpose flour
Salt to taste
1 cup half and half cream
4 oz cream cheese
2 tbsp minced onion
1 tbsp minced garlic
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp ground nutmeg
20 oz frozen spinach (thawed)
¼ cup water
¼ cup Parmesan cheese (grated)

Steps:

Heat 3 tbsp butter in a sauce pan over medium heat and cook flour and salt together in the melted butter.
When flour is cooked evenly and starts to turn into light golden in color slowly add half and half cream and mix well.
Add cream cheese and stir continuously so that every ingredient mixes well with each other.
Add seasoning of pepper and nutmeg and cook until mixture gets thick and starts bubbling, then remove the pan from heat.
In another pan sauté onion and garlic in remaining 2 tbsp of butter for 2-3 min until become pink.
Add spinach and water and simmer for 8-10 min.
Add prepared cream cheese sauce and Parmesan cheese to the cooked spinach and mix evenly.
Take out the creamed spinach in serving platter and serve with mashed potatoes and garlic bread.