Sautéed Leeks with Lemon
Leeks…..you either love them or you hate them. They are a cross between garlic and onions. We picked fresh Leeks from our garden today which is a new vegetable for us to grow. I personally don’t like Leeks myself but my husband is obsessed with onions and decided to grow them this year. We decided on a simple recipe first, Sautéed Leeks with Lemon. This is a quick and easy way to fix them and this way my husband can see if he likes them without spending a long time making something fancy. Leeks are best when added with other vegetables and great in things like fried rice or soup. If you are a true lover of leeks you can eat them like this right out of the bowl.
Ingredients
Add oil, garlic and sugar to a frying
pan over medium low heat.
Cook until the garlic is a light
brown about 3-5 minutes.
Add the chopped leeks and cook until
lightly browned, about 10 minutes.
Drizzle the lemon juice over the leeks.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cover the pan and cook over low heat for
15 – 20 minutes or until the leeks are tender then serve.
Sautéed Leeks with Lemon
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Ingredients
- 1/8 cup olive oil
- 1-1/2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1-1/2 tsp sugar
- 1 lb. leeks, chopped finely using only the white part
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 Tbl lemon juice
Directions
- In a medium frying pan over medium low heat add the oil, garlic and sugar.
- Cook until the garlic is a light brown, about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the chopped leeks and cook until lightly brown, about 10 minutes.
- Drizzle the lemon juice over the leeks.
- Salt & pepper to taste.
- Cover the pan and cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes or until the leeks are tender.
- Eat as is or add to other recipes and vegetables in place of onions.
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I love leeks and lemon. This sounds wonderful!
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Thank you Jennifer!
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I love leeks. And, they grow so well in my part of the world. ❤
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What is your favorite way to fix them? This is our first year growing them. Going to try soup next.
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Wow and you grow your own vegetables too!😀I love leeks, will have to try this recipe.
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Yes we have blueberries, rhubarb, asparagus, leeks, herbs, tomatoes, okra, strawberries, green onion, celery, 3 colors of peppers, jalapeños and cucumbers. It has been a good year of growing! Definitely give this a try it was fabulous!
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Wow, straight from the garden to the table and with your magic touch sounds perfect to me!
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So tasty it is
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Thanks!
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We love leeks. I don’t grow them as they’re plentiful at our farmers markets and a little too fussy. I do grown potatoes so we make leek potato soup with chicken bone broth. Fresh leeks and fresh potatoes are almost as good as chocolate. 🙂
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Oh yes we just made our first Leek Soup. It was fabulous and I will be posting it soon.
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I don’t think I have ever tasted Leeks, but your recipe looks delicious. Guess I’ll need to put this on my must try recipe list. 🙂
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Making Leek Soup right now. Smells great will post recipe soon.
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Can’t wait! 🙂
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Great. We like onions and garlic so I think these recipes will be good for us! 🤗
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Same here.
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Looks delicious!
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Thank you Pam!
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Yes, love them 🙂
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Awesome!
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https://mencanmakehomes.com/2018/05/11/leek-coriander-cream-soup/ i use leek, lemon and coriander amply and simply love it as soup. good to see your preparation
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We ended up making soup with the last few we grew yesterday It was amazing! I will try your recipe next time we make it. Thanks for the recipe!
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My pleasure. Great to know that you liked it 🙂
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I have no idea what this is. But it looks good.
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Dan it tastes like an onion.
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I will definitely try this. I wanted to let you know that you’ve inspired me to start a very small garden.
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That is awesome!!If you can try a raised bed garden. That’s what we have. My husband made squares about 4’ x 4’ and filled it with dirt, dried manure, peat moss (not sure what else) and it was a fabulous year! Read up on line about how much of each to add. Raised beds keep the excess rain from destroying the roots.
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Hmm – never tried them like that, just had them potato leek soup.
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OMG that is so funny, that is my post for Tuesday- soup!
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Every time we had potato leek soup, we had pigs in blankets to go along with them.
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Oh yum! That is my husbands favorite! When I take a client out to eat he will take his homemade ones out of the freezer and throw them in the slow cooker.
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There was nothing like coming home on a cold Winters evening and open the door to smell them – you said you used the croissant-type biscuit, my mom used pastry dough. For years she made her own, but used to use Pillsbury dough you rolled out in later years. She finally relented and bought the ready-made crusts after years of extra work on pies.
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