Classic risotto with chicken and mushrooms

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic risotto with chicken and mushrooms? Prepare the products. Rice is needed special for risotto - Arborio or other suitable for this dish. From chicken - chicken fillet, you can take any part of the chicken without bones. Mushrooms can be replaced with any mushrooms, but stick to their cooking time. My broth is chicken, it is possible (but not desirable) to replace it with water or chicken broth cube. You can also use spices to your liking.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the champignons under running cold water, washing off the debris and earth very thoroughly. Dry the mushrooms and cut them arbitrarily. Fry the chopped mushrooms on high heat until tender. Add a little salt.

3. Step 3:

   

   To prepare risotto, it is better to take a deep frying pan or a saucepan with a thick bottom. Peel the onion from the husk and cut it. Put the frying pan on the fire, pour olive oil and fry the chopped onion until transparent.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the chicken breast with cold water, dry it and cut it arbitrarily. Add the chopped chicken to the fried onion and fry the chicken over high heat until browned, a few minutes. Stir the chicken constantly.

6. Step 5:

   

   Turn down the heat to slightly less than average and pour dry white wine to the chicken, wait until it is almost evaporated, and immediately add rice for risotto. Mix the rice with the chicken and onion.

7. Step 6:

   

   Pour chicken broth into the rice in parts (you can use a small ladle). Rice should absorb the liquid. Add salt and pepper to taste. Then add the broth as the rice will absorb it. A little less broth may be required, the main thing is not to miss the moment when the rice is almost ready - "al dente" (literally: by the tooth, i.e. to such a degree of readiness when the rice remains slightly firm, but not rigid).

8. Step 7:

   

   When the rice will be almost ready, add the fried mushrooms and butter to it, without removing the heat, mix everything together very carefully, but evenly, and then just remove it from the stove. The total cooking time of rice should not exceed 16-18 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Ready-made risotto with chicken and champignons, serve hot as soon as it is cooked. When it cools down, it may lose its unique consistency a little. When serving the dish on the table, you can sprinkle with grated hard cheese.