Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Simple Chicken & Mushroom Risotto


This recipe is relatively easy but quite time consuming. It has a light white wine and tomato sauce, however if you prefer to leave out the white wine it tastes just as good too.

Preparation : 10 mins
Cooking time : 30-35mins

Serves : 1-2

Ingredients

220g Risotto rice
1 bowl of chicken/vegetable broth (1 chicken stock mixed in with boiling water)
100g Chicken meat pieces
1/2 finely chopped onion
1 crushed garlic clove
50g sliced white cup mushrooms
3-4 tbsp chopped tomatoes
2-3 tbsp olive oil
3 tbsp white wine

Optional
Black pepper
parsley
grated cheese

Method
1. Heat oil in medium sized saucepan, light sautee garlic and onion
2. Add in risotto rice and coat with mixture
3. Add in chicken pieces, mushrooms and tomatoes and lighty fry for 2 mins
4. Pour in white wine and continue stirring
5. Add in abit of stock and bring to a boil, continue stirring.
6. Repeat the step above until stock is gone and absorbed by the rice. Stirring must be constant.
7. Rice is done when it has expanded and is soft with a creamy texture.
8. Serve with chopped parsley, grated cheese and ground black pepper on top.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good words.