Samoan Palu Sami

Where I live it's hard to find all the necessary traditional ingredients for the island food I grew up with, so here is my small-town adaptation of a traditional Samoan dish!

bre.z.baker @cook_3139687

Where I live it's hard to find all the necessary traditional ingredients for the island food I grew up with, so here is my small-town adaptation of a traditional Samoan dish!

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Ingredients

2 cancorned beef (or 3-5 lbs you cook yourself, but canned is more traditional. sounds weird, but trust me)
1 largebag baby spinach, washed
1 largeyellow onion
4 clovegarlic
3 tbspsoy sauce
1 1/2 cancoconut milk

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Steps

1

In a large saute pan over medium heat, saute your onion (chopped medium fine) being sure to stir constantly since you're not using a fat until translucent and fragrant.
2

Preheat oven to 350.
3

Finely chop your garlic and add to onions. Feel free to add more or less according to your taste. Keep stirring till fragrant, just a couple minutes.
4

Turn the heat up to medium high and add your corned beef and soy sauce, using a spoon or fork to shred it up. Continue until some parts are caramelized but not burnt, about 5-10 minutes.
5

Add a can of coconut milk and bring to a low simmer. Meanwhile, line a casserole baking dish with foil and give a quick spay with non-stick spray.
6

Line the foil with half of your spinach. Spoon in all of your corned beef mix, and top evenly with the rest of your spinach.
7

Pour the rest of your coconut milk over the top of the spinach evenly. At this point, I add salt and pepper on top, but corned beef is salty anyway so this is optional.
8

Cover tightly with more foil and bake about 45 minutes. Serve with rice or chop suey and enjoy!