Asian Risotto
photo by AllergyGirl
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 236.59 ml arborio rice
- 73.94 ml butter, divided
- 90.71 g package shiitake mushrooms, stems removed,cut into 1/4 inch strips
- 14.79 ml fresh minced garlic
- 14.79 ml fresh minced ginger
- 340.19 g fresh shrimp, peeled,deveined,cleaned
- 768.91 ml chicken broth
- 59.14 ml dry sherry
- 29.58 ml soy sauce
- 118.29 ml red bell pepper, diced
- 78.78 ml pine nuts, toasted
- 118.29 ml cilantro leaf, chopped
directions
- Melt 3 TBS of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
- Stir in mushrooms and saute until softened, about 5 minutes, then remove to a plate.
- Melt remaining 2 TBS butter in the same saucepan.
- Stir in ginger and garlic, saute until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in rice; cook over medium heat for 3 minutes.
- In another saucepan, combine shrimp, chicken broth,sherry and soy sauce.
- Bring to a boil; remove shrimp to a bowl.
- Add about a third of the hot broth to the rice.
- Cook over medium heat until broth is absorbed, stirring 2 or 3 times.
- Continue adding a third more broth and stirring until rice is still firm but not raw tasting, about 25 minutes.
- Stir in mushrooms,red pepper, pine nuts and shrimp; heat through, for about 4 more minutes.
- Stir in cilantro and serve right away.
- To toast pine nuts:can pan toast or toast in a preheated 325* oven until golden-watch carefully.
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Reviews
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I was torn between 4 and 5 stars. If there was a 4.5 stars, this recipe would get it. I loved it's inventiveness and the wonderful burst of Asian flavor from the ginger and garlic. Since I have a mushroom-hater in our family, I substituted asparagus for mushrooms and it turned out great! Thanks for sharing!
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My husband and I both love risotto, so we got excited to see this recipe. I cooked this as a main dish, and it was a little overwhelming. It would probably be better as a side dish to something. The cilantro seemed to be one of the only flavors we tasted. Maybe less cilantro will improve overall flavor.
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I made this for a dinner party where the theme was "Modern Australian" (fusion). I doubled the recipe, using a 500g bag of defrosted frozen prawns (shrimp) and eyeballing the butter (probably used about half). Ran out of sherry so used about half sherry and half apple juice with a splash of rice wine vinegar. I also cooked the peppers with the mushrooms (briefly) as I didn't want them to be too crunchy. To prepare in advance, I completed up to step 10, slightly undercooking the rice. Then transported everything separately. Put the pot on the stove at the host's place, added a bit more hot stock, and stirred until hot. Threw in the veggies, pinenuts, and coriander (which were room temp and only took a minute to reheat). Reheated the prawns (which I had refrigerated) in a hot skillet and served on the side (as we had a few seafood haters). It was a big hit with everyone, especially the kids! (Oddly enough!)
Tweaks
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I was torn between 4 and 5 stars. If there was a 4.5 stars, this recipe would get it. I loved it's inventiveness and the wonderful burst of Asian flavor from the ginger and garlic. Since I have a mushroom-hater in our family, I substituted asparagus for mushrooms and it turned out great! Thanks for sharing!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
MNLisaB
United States