Recipe: Arugula Saute

I made this dish as a side dish, and my primary intent was to get the extra half bunch of arugula out of my refrigerator.  However, there was another motivation.  My husband had really enjoyed the Leeks, Arugula and Olives with Goat Cheese dish I'd made previously.  Why not build on a good thing?  I didn't want to make it too similar, though, in case people got bored.  (By people I mean you.)  So I started to think about what other things I could include.  Sun-dried tomatoes are a great favorite in our home, thanks in large part to the Yuppie Nachos at Christopher's in Cambridge, and I had a jar with lots of them in it.  I decided to go ahead and use them.  The wine was to keep the arugula from burning.  

I really liked this dish.  The day was cold and rainy, but the sun-dried tomatoes really brought a little taste of the sunny Mediterranean into my kitchen for a few minutes.  It would probably make a decent vegetarian main dish too, although for two rather than four.

Arugula Saute (serves 4; approx. $1.41/serving)

1/2 bunch arugula

1 cup sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped

2 onions, chopped

3 tablespoons reserved oil from the sun-dried tomatoes

1/3 cup white wine

2 ounces feta, crumbled

Equipment:

• Saute pan

1. Heat the oil in the saute pan.
2. Add the onions.  Saute gently until softened.
3. Add the tomatoes.  Cook another few moments.
4. Add the arugula and the wine.  Cook until the arugula is wilted slightly.
5. Remove from heat.  Add the feta and mix until well incorporated.
6. Serve.

Comments

[Chris]

Arugula is the most ridiculous sounding vegetable...it sounds like one of those antique cars, "Uhhh-oooooooooo-ga". :)

My wife is going to love this one!

[The Duo Dishes]

Great summer 'salad'! The feta's nice.

[Kim da Cook]

Hmmm this is just heavenly I love my salads but find that I keep making the same one over and over, going to try this one next braai we have. Thanks

[jeff]

Huge fan of everything and anything argula. Great peppery flavor and I hope mine start growing because I am craving it.

You can never go wrong with anything that also has sun dried tomatoes. I think I would have had to toss some olives in mine too just because I love olives.

[Fearless Kitchen]

Jeff - I'm with you. I would have used olives, but I'd used them in the last arugula dish I made :)

Kim - That would be a great use for it!

Duo - Thanks!

Chris - It does have a certain silly sound to it. I wonder if that's why I like it?

[[eatingclub] vancouver]

I've been having problems commenting here (don't know why). It keeps telling me that it can't accept this data.

[[eatingclub] vancouver]

What do you know? It accepts the previous one but not the one with the actual comment on the arugula.

Anyhoo, I've never had arugula sauteed before. I'll try it though because sometimes we can't get through the raw veggies quick enough.

[Fearless Kitchen]

JS - Sorry you had trouble commenting! Thanks for keeping with it... I know arugula is usually more of a raw vegetable, but sauteeing it was not bad at all.

[lisa]

I just made this and its FANTASTIC! So glad I stumbled upon this site.