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Pimento Cheese Creamed Spinach is a delicious southern twist on creamed spinach. It’s creamy and rich like a traditional creamed spinach, but with lots of cheddar cheese flavor plus the wonderful red specks of color from the diced pimentos.

It’s a wonderful southern side to add to a holiday meal. On top there’s a layer of a buttery panko crumbs.

Creamed Spinach is the ultimate indulgent side dish and I love serving it for special occasions. It goes so fantastically with beef.

There’s so much to love about this Pimento Cheese Creamed Spinach. It has a full 2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese for lots of cheesiness. The creaminess comes from a combination of cream cheese, sour cream, and mayonnaise. It’s a great Thanksgiving and Christmas side dish, but it also works as a party dip with tortilla chips or Frito chips.

Tips for making Pimento Cheese Creamed Spinach

• Be sure to thaw the spinach before using it. You can either place it in the refrigerator a day or two in advance or you can quickly thaw it by defrosting it in the microwave.
• Spinach has a ton of water in it. To avoid making a runny and watery creamed spinach, squeeze the thawed spinach in paper towels or a dish towel.

I love adding pimento cheese to foods for extra flavor. This uniquely southern food can up the flavor of just about anything.

Here are a few recipes using pimento cheese that I love

• Pimento Cheese Squash Casserole
• Pimento Cheese Grits
• Pimento Cheese Rice
• Pimento Cheese Potato Gratin

Pimento Cheese Creamed Spinach

Pimento Cheese Creamed Spinach is a delicious southern twist on creamed spinach. It's creamy and rich like a traditional creamed spinach, but with lots of cheddar cheese flavor plus the wonderful red specks of color from the diced pimentos.

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Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Southern

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings: 8

Ingredients

• 3 (10-ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach thawed
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 medium sweet or yellow onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 4 ounces cream cheese softened
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (8-ounce) container sour cream
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese divided
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup Panko crumbs

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 2 1/2-quart baking dish.

  Drain spinach well, wrapping it in paper towels and squeezing to get liquid out.
• Melt butter over medium heat in a large pan. Add onion and cook until somewhat soft, about 3 to 4 minutes. 
• Add garlic and cook another minute.
• Add cream cheese and stir until melted.
• Remove from heat and add spinach, milk, sour cream, mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and pimentos. Stir well.
• Mix in the egg and then all but 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese.

  Mix in the salt and pepper.
• Transfer mixture to prepared baking dish.
• In a bowl, combine the melted butter, Panko crumbs and 1/2 cup cheddar cheese. Sprinkle over casserole.
• Bake for 45 minutes.

Recipe adapted from: Southern Living

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