Asparagus Risotto

"This was one of my dad's recipes. You can always freeze unused parts of the asparagus for soup or stir frys. This is a quick and easy risotto to make. No fuss no muss you make it in the microwave in one dish. Very, very tasty. I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we do."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
12
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Using a 3 quart dish, combine onion, mushrooms, oil and butter.
  • Cover and place in microwave on high for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in rice, broth, wine and turmeric.
  • Cover again and microwave on high for 15 minutes.
  • Cut asparagus into 1 inch pieces.
  • Next, stir rice mixture and microwave on high uncovered for 10 minutes.
  • Now with a fork toss the asparagus into the rice.
  • Cover and microwave on high for 5 minutes more.
  • Remove the rice from the microwave and let stand (covered), for 5 minutes.
  • Stir in the parmesan cheese with fork and season with salt and pepper.
  • Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. This was the perfect side for lemon herb chicken breasts. The arborio came out fluffy and tender but not mushy. I used the veggie broth. This recipe could easily be the star of the table, it has wonderful flavor and the asparagus was cooked beautifully. What a treat! The parm is a must in my opinion. I didn't have any mushrooms but they will be added the next time I make this. :D
     
  2. I love this risotto because it's made in the microwave. I used only 2 tbs of olive oil, no butter. I used 1 large red onion, 1/2 lb mushroom. And to reduce the fat, I omitted the parmesan. Thanks Baby Kato. I loved it. Made for Market tag.
     
  3. We really enjoyed this. I used beef broth (ran out of chicken broth) and it was so tasty. Left out the salt and tumeric. Also cut recipe in half; I cooked it the 15 min covered, then thru in the asparagus and gave it another 5 minutes and it was done. I did have to add some extra water, as it dried out during cooking. And I stirred in a little half and half just before serving (recommendation on the box of rice). THANKS
     
  4. I`m giving this 5 stars for ease and flavor. Nice use of the microwave cutting back on all the work of stirring and giving time to complete the rest of the meal. I would have like it a little more creamy. I added 1/2 cup more water at step #6. I found the flavor very nice. Timing was right on. The asparagus was not at all mushing which I feared. Thanks for the comfort food!!!
     
  5. This was pretty good. I used unsalted butter and no-salt-added broth. I substituted basmati rice for arborio because that's what I had on hand. As it cooked, it seemed to me to be missing a bit seasoning wise so I upped the amount of turmeric and added a wee bit of cumin, cardamom and cinnamon.
     
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  1. This was pretty good. I used unsalted butter and no-salt-added broth. I substituted basmati rice for arborio because that's what I had on hand. As it cooked, it seemed to me to be missing a bit seasoning wise so I upped the amount of turmeric and added a wee bit of cumin, cardamom and cinnamon.
     

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