Risottos are very popular and can be very healthy.
This recipe takes about 20 minutes to prepare (heating the stock beforehand decreases the cooking time).
Feel free to omit the chicken from the recipe if you are vegetarian and add any other vegetables that you like such as pumpkin or sweet potato cut into small cubes (add these at Step 4). Serves:
This Recipe Serves 4.
Ingredients:
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1 large onion, finely diced
* 2 Cups Arborio rice
* 6 cups chicken stock
* 1 large chicken breast (Skin off), cut into small cubes
* 200g button mushrooms, halved
* 200g semi sun dried tomatoes
Method:
1. Heat large heavy based saucepan over medium - high heat.
2. Add oil and onion and cook for one minute.
3. Add Aborio rice and cook, stirring for one minute.
4. Heat chicken stock in saucepan and simmer. Take off heat and set aside.
5. Add one cup of stock at a time to the rice, adding each cup when the stock had absorbed.
6. Around the ten minute cooking time, add the chicken and stir in with the rice.
7. When all of the water has been absorbed, stir through the mushrooms and the sun dried tomatoes.
8. Serve immediately.
