Sausage with Hominy and Spinach

Name: Sausage with Hominy and Spinach
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons About freshly ground black pepper; 2 garlic cloves, slivered; 822 grams can hominy, rinsed and drained; 1 Tbsp olive oil, divided; 0 teaspoons red chile flakes; 0 teaspoons About salt; 4 sausages (about 1 lb. total; see Notes); 283 grams fresh spinach leaves; 118 milliliters dry white wine or chicken or vegetable broth, divided

Sausage with Hominy and Spinach is a gluten free and dairy free side dish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 203 calories, 5g of protein, and 6g of fat each. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up pepper, sausages, hominy, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 20

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Oven

Put a large frying pan (not nonstick) over medium-high heat. When hot to the touch, add 1 tsp. olive oil and sausages. Cover and cook 4 minutes. With tongs or a spatula, turn sausages over, cover, and cook until cooked through (cut one to test), about 4 minutes.

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Olive Oil

Sausage

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Frying Pan

Spatula

Tongs

Transfer sausages to a rimmed baking sheet, cover with foil, and put in oven to keep warm.

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Sausage

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Add 1/3 cup wine or broth to the pan, using a wooden spoon or spatula to scrape up any browned bits left by the sausages.

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Sausage

Broth

Wine

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Wooden Spoon

Spatula

Frying Pan

Add hominy, 1/4 tsp. salt, and 1/4 tsp. pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until all of the liquid has evaporated and hominy is hot and starting to stick to pan.

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Hominy

Pepper

Salt

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Frying Pan

Transfer hominy to baking sheet with sausages, piling it next to them.

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Sausage

Hominy

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Baking Sheet

Add remaining wine or broth to pan, scrape up any browned bits, and pour over hominy. Re-cover baking sheet with foil and return it to oven.

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Hominy

Broth

Wine

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Baking Sheet

Aluminum Foil

Oven

Frying Pan

Increase stovetop heat to high and add remaining 2 tsp. olive oil, the garlic slivers, chile flakes, and 1/8 tsp. salt to pan. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Garlic

Salt

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Stove

Frying Pan

Add spinach and cook, stirring, until wilted and cooked through. Divide spinach among 4 plates.

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Spinach

Add hominy and sausage, plus more salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Sausage

Hominy

Serve hot.

Variations

Add cream: Skip step 2 and put hominy in a separate pan with 1 tbsp. butter, 3 tbsp. heavy cream, and salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until hot, 5 to 7 minutes.

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Ground Black Pepper

Cream

Butter

Hominy

Salt

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Frying Pan

Swap greens: Use chard, kale, or other hearty greens in place of the spinach: Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add 10 oz. trimmed greens and 1 tbsp. salt, cook for 2 minutes, drain, and chop greens.

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Spinach

Greens

Swiss Chard

Water

Kale

Salt

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Pot

Add instead of spinach in step

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Spinach

Try beans: Instead of hominy, use cooked white beans, pinto beans, or cranberry beans.

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Cranberry Beans

Pinto Beans

White Beans

Hominy

Beans

Go beyond sausage: We love the intense flavor this dish gets from sausage, but any quick-cooking meat works; try pork chops, chicken breast halves, or hanger steak.

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Chicken Breast Halves