Risotto in a slow cooker

Delicious and hearty rice dish for lunch or dinner! Risotto is one of the most common dishes in Italy and an excellent choice for all lovers of delicious rice. In risotto, you can use meat, mushrooms, seafood, vegetables or dried fruits. There are many recipes for cooking risotto, but I suggest cooking this dish in a slow cooker with the addition of champignons and chicken pieces.

Alinka

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Chicken breasts

0.5

Champignons

130

Onion

Fig (multicooker)

Wine

Water (multicooker)

Salt

Sunflower oil

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 13 % 4 g

Fats 9 % 3 g

Carbohydrates 78 % 25 g

145 kcal

GI: 4 / 96 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 55 min

Step 1:
How to make risotto in a slow cooker? Let's start cooking with the preparation of the necessary ingredients. Please note that the amount of rice and water is measured in glasses for a slow cooker.
Step 2:
Peel the champignons from the film and cut into small pieces.
Step 3:
Finely chop the onion.
Step 4:
Cut the chicken breast into pieces.
Step 5:
Start cooking risotto. Pour sunflower oil into the bowl of the slow cooker and put the chopped onion. Fry the onion for 3 minutes in the "Frying" mode.
Step 6:
Add the mushrooms to the onion and fry in the same mode "Frying " 7 minutes.
Step 7:
Put the sliced chicken into the bowl of the slow cooker and continue roasting in the "Frying" mode for another 7 minutes.
Step 8:
Add the washed rice and wine to the slow cooker and in the "Frying" mode, evaporate the wine (4 minutes).
Step 9:
Put water and salt in the bowl of the slow cooker. Turn on the "Rice" mode for 20 minutes.
Step 10:
Delicious and fragrant risotto is ready. Serve to the table and enjoy the taste.

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode are indicated approximately in the recipe. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique.

Important! To make rice dishes invariably delicious, read the article about the subtleties of choosing rice and the secrets of its preparation .

Instead of champignons, you can take dried mushrooms (they will need 5-6 times less than fresh ones). Do not forget to wash them, and then soak them before cooking (for about 2-3 hours).