Pre-washed and ready to use organic baby spinach is the best for making air fried crispy spinach.
Remove stems from the spinach and cut them in ribbons. DO NOT massage or play around with the cut spinach too much, it seems to leave the moisture out of spinach and that will not help with making it crispy.
Mix 3 cups of spinach ribbons, 2 tbsp of cornstarch and 2 tbsp of sesame oil. If the cornstarch seems to be little less, add 1 more tbsp of cornstarch and mix it.
You might have to air fry the prepared spinach in 2 batches depending on the size of your air fryer. Do not over crowd the air fryer. Air fry the spinach on 375°F for 8-10 minutes. Shaking the spinach every 3 minutes or so. Keep aside air fried spinach.
Do the same again for the rest of the spinach if making in two batches. Keep it aside.
If you prefer to deep fry prepared spinach, do that and keep the crispy spinach aside.
Once the spinach is air fried, heat up 1 tbsp of sesame oil in a wide shallow pan. Saute ½ tsp of grated ginger and ½ tsp of minced garlic on low to medium heat.
Once the raw smell of garlic disappears, add 1 tsp of soy sauce, mix it well.
Add in crispy spinach and 1 tsp of sesame seeds. Mix it/toss it very carefully making sure you do no break the spinach.
Keep it off the heat and keep it aside while you prepare the rice.