Baked risotto
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- Prepare
- less than 30 mins
- Cook
- 10 to 30 mins
- Serve
- Serves 2
This super-healthy three-step risotto is packed with vegetables and ready in less than 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- olive oil: 1 tbsp olive oil
- risotto rice: 50g/2oz arborio risotto rice
- pepper: ½ red pepper, stalk and seeds removed, chopped
- spring onion: 1 spring onion, trimmed, sliced
- peas: 1 heaped tbsp frozen peas
- mushrooms: 2 small mushrooms, peeled, chopped or torn
- chicken: 50g/2oz cooked leftover chicken, chopped
- 125-150ml boiling water
- stock: large pinch stock or bouillon powder
Method
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
Grease a lidded ovenproof dish with a little oil and pour in the rice. Add the red pepper, spring onion, peas, mushrooms and chicken and stir until well combined.
Pour in the boiling water and add the stock powder or bouillon. Cover the dish with the lid.
Transfer the dish to the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Set aside to cool slightly before serving.
