Baked chicken and mushroom risotto

This recipe was given to me from a really good customer and friend “Christine Mitchell”

  • 1 1/2 cups Arborio rice
  • 4 1/2 cups chicken stock
  • 40g butter
  • 2 tbs olive oil, for cooking the mushrooms
  • Sea salt and cracked pepper

Preheat the oven to 160oc place rice and stock in a 30cm Le Creuset buffet or risotto pot (10cup capacity) and stir to combine.
Cover and bake for 30-40 minutes until most of the stock is absorbed and rice is al dente.
Cook mushrooms in small frypan. Add mushrooms to risotto mixture and cook for a further 5-10 minutes.

Add parmesan cheese, salt, pepper and butter stir until butter has melted.

Serve with a sprinkle of Parmesan. Serves 4


You can also add prawns, lemon, spinach (devein them first), fetta, pinenuts, potatoes, pumpkin whatever you like.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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