I was having a craving for risotto, and instead of using a good recipe Cyndy & Kirk had shared, I googled a new one. I think it was just a little better than the other one - probably because it called for cream. (I used half & half though.) I also used marsala wine instead of dry cooking wine....and I think I like anything with that marsala flavor. The boys ate it....Seamus even asked for seconds!
Chicken & Mushroom Risotto
40 min 10 min prep SERVES 4
2 tablespoons butter
2 1/2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
1-2 piece skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1/2 inch pieces, if you hagve a large piece, then 1 piece will be sufficient)
5 1/2 cups chicken stock (heated)
1 1/2 cups arborio rice
1/2 cup dry white wine (I used marsala)
1 large chopped onion
4 garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup of grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup cream (optional - I used half & half)
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh parsley
oil
salt & pepper
In a large pot heat oil and add mushrooms and chicken and cook through until cooked. Remove from pot.
Using the same pot, add butter and saute onions and garlic in butter and leftover oil mixture until translucent. Add the rice and stir until the rice turns opaque - about two minutes.
Add the wine, salt and pepper to the rice and stir frequently until the wine has been absorbed into the rice.
Add 1/2 cup of the heated chicken stock and stir frequently until absorbed. The rice and broth should bubble gently.
Continue to cook the rice, adding chicken stock 1/2 cup at a time and allowing the rice to absorb it before adding the next 1/2 cup.
Cook rice this way until tender which should take about 25-30 minutes.
Just before the last batch of stock has been absorbed into the rice, add the chicken and mushroom mixture back into the pot. Stir through.
Add 1/2 cup of grated parmesan cheese, the parsley and the cream and stir through.
Remove from heat when all the remaining stock has been absorbed and the risotto mix is a thick creamy consistency.
Serve immediately. The remaining parmesan can be added to each serve if requested.
2 comments:
Sounds good (well, except the mushrooms). But what I don't understand is - how do you get to stand at the stove for 25 minutes, uninterrupted?
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