Risotto with Caramalised Onions & Roasted Chicken

Hello everybody out there !!!

Today's post is all about the yummy risotto and the 'death dish' which is so lovingly called this in the Masterchef Australia. I was always intimidated by this dish and thought maybe I will never attempt making it. But, here I was all ready with the ingredients and hoping dearly that it does not fail me.

Here's the recipe that I followed... The ingredients are:

• One and half cups Arborio rice
• 6-7 cups of stock you can use vegetable or chicken as per your taste
• Two onions chopped
• Roasted chicken
• Salt and pepper
• Thyme fresh or the dried one
• Two tbsp butter
• Parmesan cheese, lots of it!!!

The first step is to caramalize the onions. The trick for best caramalized onions is heat the oil quite hot then add in sliced onions. For one minute or two keep the flame high and then lower the flame to lowest and caramalize the onions on low flame till the onions are golden in color. Remove the onions and keep aside.

In the same pan, add the roasted chicken. Cook for some time and keep aside.

Now in a separate pan, saute the rice with the butter or the olive oil for two mins. Now remember, do not wash or soak the rice use them as it is because if you wash the rice then the rice will loose its gluten and the risotto will not become sticky and gluey as it is supposed to be.

So moving ahead, cook the rice by adding the stock gradually. That is one cup at a time. This entire process takes 20 mins approximately. 

When the rice is cooked, that is it should be a bit hard in the centre and not completely cooked like a mash. There should be a bite to it. So when the rice is done, add the caramalised onions and the chicken. Then the seasonings and lastly parmesan cheese. 

You can also try any variation of vegetable you want for instance you can add sauteed mushrooms alongwith the chicken. I have tried it and it tastes heavenly!!!

So, go ahead, conquer the risotto and dont be scared of it.

Happy Cooking ya all !!!

Lots of love :)