Korean

Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach)

Name: Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach)
Total time: 12 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 10 oz spinach; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tsp sesame oil; 1 garlic cloves; 1 tsp sesame seeds; 1/4 tsp salt

Ji-eun @jieun_busan

Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach) is Korean home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable and the condiment. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

12 min Easy Low sodium Heart healthy High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

10 oz spinach
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame oil
1 garlic cloves
1 tsp sesame seeds
1/4 tsp salt

How to cook it

Blanch the spinach in boiling salted water for 30 seconds, then plunge it into cold water.
Squeeze the spinach firmly to remove excess water and cut it into bite-size lengths.
Mince the garlic and toss it with the spinach, soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, and sesame seeds.
Massage the seasoning through with your hands so every strand is coated, then serve at room temperature.

Watch how to cook Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach)

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Serve it with

A Korean dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Beef Bibimbap
  
  50 min
Something to sip
- Aehobak-guk (Clear Zucchini Soup)
  
  18 min
What it is eaten with
- Boribap (Barley Rice)
  
  35 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach) carries gluten, soy, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Fish	No
Sesame	Yes	Baechu Kimchi (Napa Cabbage Kimchi)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 40 kcal
Protein: 2 g
Carbs: 3 g
Fat: 2 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 380 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Sigeumchi-namul (Seasoned Spinach) takes about 12 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.