Creamed Spinach So Good It's Addictive

This thick and creamy Creamed Spinach recipe is the perfect side dish for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Easter dinner. It comes together in just 20 minutes and can easily be doubled to feed a crowd.

Ingredients
16 oz fresh baby spinach¹ (455g)
5 Tablespoons unsalted butter, divided (70g)
1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped (about 1 cup/126g)
1 Tablespoon minced garlic
¼ cup all-purpose flour (31g)
¾ cup whole milk (177ml)
¾ cup heavy cream (177ml)
½ teaspoon table salt or fine sea salt
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
¼ teaspoon paprika, optional Emily, can you confirm that i used ¼ teaspoon in the video and whether it was regular or smoked paprika?
Pinch cayenne pepper, optional
3 oz cream cheese, cubed
½ cup fresh grated parmesan cheese (90g)

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:50 Melt ½ Tablespoon (5g) of butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add approximately half of your fresh spinach and cook, stirring frequently, until spinach is wilted. Using tongs or a large slotted spoon, remove wilted spinach to colander and allow to drain.
01:50 Add another ½ Tablespoon (5g) of butter to the pot and repeat the step above with the remaining spinach. Remove wilted spinach from pot, combine with first half of spinach, and drain well/squeeze out excess moisture (too much water left behind could make your creamed spinach watery!). Transfer to a cutting board and coarsely chop with a knife. Set aside.
02:16 Wipe out the pot that you cooked your spinach in and return to the stovetop over medium heat. Add remaining 4 Tablespoons (57g) of butter to the pot and cook until melted.
02:37 Add onion and cook until softened and translucent, about 3-5 minutes.
03:38 Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
03:52 Sprinkle flour over onion and garlic and cook, stirring, until flour is absorbed and beginning to smell nutty/a light golden brown in color.
04:14 Gradually, while whisking, whisk the milk into the pot, whisking together milk and flour and breaking up any lumps as you go.
04:35 Slowly whisk in cream, then add salt, pepper, paprika and cayenne pepper, if using. Continue to whisk frequently until mixture begins to thicken.
05:30 Add cream cheese and parmesan cheese and stir until completely melted.
05:50 Return drained, chopped spinach to the pot and stir to combine. Taste test and add more salt and pepper if needed.
06:08 Serve immediately.

Notes
¹Spinach
I like to use fresh baby spinach. You can chop yours before cooking, but since it’s such a large mass of leaves I find it to be much easier to chop after cooking. You may substitute 16 oz of chopped frozen spinach instead, be sure to thaw and drain well before adding to the recipe in step 10.

Nutmeg
Some people love to use a pinch of ground nutmeg in their chopped spinach. This is certainly an option, though I would omit the paprika and cayenne pepper if using nutmeg.

Doubling
This recipe may be doubled with no alterations needed.

Making in Advance
This recipe is best (and creamiest!) when served fresh. If you must make it in advance, store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 1-2 days. You may notice some separation occurs, this is fine. To reheat, heat over medium/low heat until smooth and creamy and warmed through.

[jacksprat]

I definitely like the addition of cheese, as this is what I do with my spinach. I thought I would watch your video, to see if you had a different recipe, and yes, you added cream cheese, which I shall definitely try today. Well presented, and excellent video. Thank you.

[DiodeMom]

This looks really good. I’m gonna try it but with a little less flour and adding the spinach in raw to cook with the yummy liquid.
Also I love artichokes in this. Of course then it’s more like a dip but I love them.

[AllieInCanada]

I just made this, so good. I halfed the required spinach and made it as a dip for tortilla chips. Big hit in my house!

[nursienurse]

Thank you for this recipe. I am not a fan of spinach myself, but have found that I do like creamed spinach. This looks easy enough to cook any day of the week, so I believe I will give it a try!

[wtf.wheresthefood]

Tried this and it was yumm.. thanks for sharing ❤

[rixtube]

Spinach, cheese, and cream, who wouldn't like that? Yum!

[missymitekite]

Oh, my gosh, this looks good!!! YUM!! Going to definitely give this one a try. Thanks so much!

[spaceman]

Carefully tested and well researched 😮🧐 do we need accreditation and the proper authority to approve of this well researched recipe?? 😂😂😂

[SusieLovesJesus]

This was absolutely delicious 🤤😋 Thank you! 😁❤️

[shortaybrown]

I love creamed spinach at a really good restaurant because it’s usually made perfect.
I’m going to try to make this at home. Thanks!

[dlminflorida]

This looks so good and you make it look so easy. I am going to try it for sure!

[millsykooksy]

This looks incredible, trying it today

[BallisticTipp]

The juices from the spinach add great flavor, the onion was diced too large for creamed spinach, shallots are a much better option for flavor and texture, if you cooked the roue into a bechamel paste then added the raw spinach, it would've cooked down to a much better, less thick consistency, the juices from the spinach would make it less thick and add a lot of flavor due to being cooked in the flavorful bechamel with spinach liquid which thins the dish

[eldridgesmart]

Mmmm😋 Thanks for the video. I've never considered making creamed spinach. But I've frequently heated it up from the frozen section. Next time I'll be using your recipe. Thanks. Take care ✌🏾

[mmakomanyatja]

Thank you Sugar for the recipe I did know how to make the cream spinach many thanks

[ivsoln]

This looks so good, and it's great for the upcoming holidays!

[dyingforpie]

I LOVE SPINACH! I will be making this im binge watching your recipes i have found so far we have similar cooking tastes. Sometimes I watch a cooking video and half way thru they say now add the soy sauce and treebark - im out😀 love your channel.

[wedwmou]

This is a great recipe for creamed spinich. Here's a "cheat" version that I came up with. Start with one can of Campbell's cream of onion soup. The can directions say add 1 can of water. Ignore that. Use 1 can of milk or heavy cream instead. It sets up nicely so don't be concerned if it looks too soupy while cooking. Add the spices-seasonings given in the video. Take 1- 10 0z. brick of frozen spinich. Remove the paper wrapper. Microwave 3 minutes in box. Squeeze box over sink to drain excess liquid. Open box and add to pot. The last thing I do is add a "tap or two" of ground nutmeg. Next time I'm going to try it with cream of mushroom and see how it turns out.

[royaleclay]

I'm looking forward to trying a dairy free version of this. It looks so good. Thanks for sharing.

[raginikandala]

What can be substituted for milk in the recipe.
Thanks in advance