Serves:4-6 people depending on your appetite!Chicken Risotto is a family favourite! It's a great comfort food and is best had on those cold rainy days when you want something easy, quick and warm and to eat! Much like today, the weather is miserable here in Sydney! It's pouring down rain and my backyard is practically flooding!
Risotto originates from Italy and there are many different ingredients you can include with Risotto. The stock or broth used can be meat-based (in this recipe we are using chicken stock) or you can used a vegetable stock or a fish broth. It just depends on what else you are having in your Risotto dish! In this case we will be using chicken stock as it is a Chicken Risotto.
Risotto can be easy dish! It just takes a little practice to get the Arborio rice to right consistency and texture, but once you can do it, it's easy as!
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Ingredients
30 g butter
1 medium onion
375 g long-grain rice (or Arborio rice)
5 or 6 cups chicken stock
400g chicken
1 tablespoon melted butter, extra
1 table spoon grated parmesan cheese
Method
1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees celsius
2. Place chicken in a baking dish, wrapped in baking paper with a knob of butter, cook for 30minutes or until cooked.
3. Melt butter in large saucepan, saute finely-chopped onion until it starts to turn golden.
4. Add rice, mix well.
5. Gradually add boiling stock, about 1 cup at a time; wait until liquid has been absorbed before adding next cup. Stir at each addition.
6. Cover pan and cook for remainder of cooking time. The rice should cook about 20 minutes from time first cup of stock is added.
Rice should be very tender, liquid absorbed and mixture creamy at the end of this time.
7. Add cooked chicken to risotto when cooked.
8. Add melted butter and parmesan cheese, mix in carefully with fork. Serve topped, if desired with extra parmesan cheese.
Tips and recommendations: I only have a few modifications for recipe, which I have found works better for the overall taste of the dish. Firstly, I suggest using a 'salt-reduced' chicken stock, as this dish can be quality salty (due to the stock). You can always add your own seasoning depending on your personal tastes. In my family I have found that everyone prefers a different amount of parmesan, there's always too much or not enough, my solution: just let them mix their cheese, but while their food is still hot so it melts!
Enjoy!
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