Beet Salad with Moroccan Spiced Beet Greens

Name: Beet Salad with Moroccan Spiced Beet Greens
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 bunch beets greens attached and retained , peeled and sliced about 1/16 thick; 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 4 cloves garlic; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 8 servings fresh ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 slice lemon for garnish; 2 lemons juiced; 8 servings olive oil; 8 servings very good olive oil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 teaspoon paprika

Beet Salad with Moroccan Spiced Beet Greens might be just the side dish you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains approximately 1g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 275 calories. This recipe serves 8. Head to the store and pick up olive oil, oregano, lemon, and a few other things to make it today. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 5 minutes.

Instructions

Put the very thin, uniformly round beets slices into a bowl along with the juice of 2 or 3 lemons. You want plenty of juice, but it does not need to be soupy.2

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Lemon

Beet

Juice

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Bowl

Add the cayenne pepper. Set those aside until plating time to marinate at room temperature. But do not let them marinate more than 4 hours.

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Cayenne Pepper

Drain them before plating.

Clean the beet greens by totally submerging them in a colander set in a large bowl of cool water. Agitate them well and leave to soak a few minutes. Then lift out the colander, drain the water, refill the bowl and repeat until there is no grit. (This is both easier and much more effective than the running water and colander method.)

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Beet Greens

Water

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Colander

Bowl

Roll a stack of beets leaves lengthwise, like a cigar. Then slice across the roll making perfect chiffonades about ¼ inch wide. Continue with all the greens.

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Greens

Beet

Roll

Put the greens into a big pot with a lid.

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Greens

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Pot

Add a tablespoon or two of water. Cover the pot and bring what little liquid there is to a boil. Turn off the heat and leave the lid on for 5 or 6 minutes before proceeding.

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Water

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Pot

Next put the greens back into the colander and press out as much liquid as you can.

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Greens

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Colander

Slice 4 garlic cloves and put them into a large frying pan with 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil. SautÃ© them at medium high until garlic begins to brown.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Remove the pan from the heat and add 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon ground cumin, 1 teaspoon oregano, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, along with a few grinds of black pepper.

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Black Pepper

Ground Cumin

Kosher Salt

Oregano

Paprika

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Frying Pan

Stir in the barely steamed greens adding a bit of olive oil if the mixture seems dry. 1

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Olive Oil

Greens

Mound the greens onto the center of a serving dish and give them a good squeeze of lemon juice. Surround the greens with plenty of the raw marinated golden beets. A good drizzle of olive oil finishes the dish.

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Golden Beet