Risotto with chicken and vegetables

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make risotto with chicken and vegetables? Prepare your ingredients. To prepare risotto, they traditionally use a special variety of rice - Arborio. If you haven’t found such rice, then cook it from Krasnodar round rice. Instead of broth, you can use water. Take a set of vegetables according to your taste or availability. Wash and dry all vegetables.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the chicken fillet, dry it and cut it into cubes. I used breast fillet, but in general any part of the bird will do. Risotto will be juicier with chilled meat.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the carrots and cut into small cubes.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut the zucchini into cubes of the same size.

5. STEP 5

   

   So does eggplant. Thanks to this cutting, the dish will look more aesthetically pleasing.

6. STEP 6

   

   Heat the olive oil in a deep frying pan, add the carrots and fry them over medium heat, stirring, for about 4 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add zucchini and eggplant to the pan. Simmer the vegetables over low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

8. STEP 8

   

   Place chicken strips on top of vegetables.

9. STEP 9

   

   Mix everything thoroughly.

10. STEP 10

    

    When the fillet turns light on all sides, add unwashed rice. Under no circumstances should you rinse the rice, otherwise you will end up with a sticky boiled porridge instead of risotto.

11. STEP 11

    

    Add salt, pepper and stir. If you use salted broth, you do not need to add additional salt to the risotto - you can over-salt it.

12. STEP 12

    

    Simmer the risotto, adding chicken broth in small portions, for about 15 minutes. The rice should not be overcooked, it should remain slightly tough, like al dente pasta.

13. STEP 13

    

    If desired, sprinkle the risotto with finely grated Parmesan at the very end. Serve hot. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

eeloo4kaa

06.09.2023

4.6

I love cooking rice, and this chicken and vegetable risotto is the best thing you can do with it! There are many varieties of risotto, but we have never tried such a fantastic taste of rice! Thank you very much for the recipe!