Weight loss Diets for Everyday People

Chicken Risotto Recipe

Risottos are very popular and can be very healthy.

Feel free to omit the chicken from the recipe if you are vegetarian and add any other vegetables that you like such as pumpkin or sweet potato cut into small cubes ( Step 4). We've used regular chicken stock in this recipe, but believe that salt reduced chicken stock would be a better choice for those watching their salt intake.

This recipe is low in fat and a good source of protein.

Energy per 100g:

313kJ - 74Cal

Fat per 100g:

1.2g

Healthy Dinner Recipe : Chicken Risotto with Mushrooms and Tomatoes

Recipe Serves:

This Recipe Serves 4.

Recipe Ingredients:

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion, finely diced
  • 2 Cups Arborio rice
  • 6 cups chicken stock
  • 1 large chicken breast (Skin off), cut into small cubes
  • 200g button mushrooms, halved
  • 200g semi sun dried tomatoes

Recipe Method:

  1. Heat large heavy based saucepan over medium - high heat.
  2. Add oil and onion and cook for one minute.
  3. Add Aborio rice and cook, stirring for one minute.
  4. Heat chicken stock in saucepan and simmer. Take off heat and set aside.
  5. Add one cup of stock at a time to the rice, adding each cup when the stock had absorbed.
  6. Around the ten minute cooking time, add the chicken and stir in with the rice.
  7. When all of the water has been absorbed, stir through the mushrooms & sun dried tomatoes.
  8. Serve immediately.

Recipe Nutrition Panel:

 Servings:

4

 Serving size:

750g

 

 

Average Serve

Average 100 g

Energy

2350

kJ

313

kJ

 

562

Cal

74

Cal

Protein

36.7

g

4.9

g

Fat, total

9.3

g

1.2

g

- saturated

1.9

g

0.3

g

Carbohydrate

73.7

g

9.8

g

- sugars

21.4

g

2.9

g

Sodium

1620

mg

216

mg

Additional Comments:

If you are watching your salt intake, as we all should be, use a salt reduced Chicken Stock which will bring the sodium levels of this dish down dramatically.

This recipe takes about 20 minutes to prepare (heating the stock beforehand decreases the cooking time).

Feedback:

We'd love to know what you think of this recipe.
Please email your feedback to sharrelle@weightloss.com.au.

If you like this recipe, you may also like these healthy recipes:

Vegetarian Fried Rice Recipe
Beef Chow Mein Recipe
Beef Stroganoff with Rice Recipe
Pumpkin Eggplant and Chickpea Curry Recipe

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