This Chicken Risotto with Mushrooms Recipe is a perfectly simple way to make this often difficult dish easier than ever. Heavy cream and mushrooms add depth of flavor you will love.
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Chicken Risotto with Mushrooms
Now that the winter months are here, it’s time to welcome comfort foods that will leave us feeling warm and satisfied. This rich and creamy chicken risotto is sure to be a tummy pleaser. It’s loaded with chicken and sautéed mushrooms along with fragrant garlic and shallots. To top off all the creamy goodness, there’s a serving of grated Parmesan in the mix.
The best part about this dish is that it reheats really well. My husband usually doesn’t take second-day food to work, but he always brings this risotto to work the next day. If you set out to make this recipe, try using my homemade chicken broth recipe instead of store-bought broth. You won’t regret it one bit!
Ingredients for Chicken Risotto with Mushrooms
Chicken
Olive Oil
Mushrooms
Garlic
Shallot
Rice
Dry Sherry
Chicken Broth (homemade chicken broth)
Heavy Cream
Parmesan Cheese
Salt & Pepper
How to Make Perfect Risotto
Following the printable recipe below, season and cook chicken tenders as directed. In a dutch oven pot, add mushrooms and cook along with garlic and shallots before adding in rice and sherry. Add in chicken broth slowly, cooking rice until desired consistency before adding in the heavy cream and cheese.
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Chicken Risotto with Mushroom
Ingredients
Instructions
- Season both sides of the chicken tenders with salt and pepper.
- Fill a pan with 3 tbsp of olive oil and bring to medium high heat. Cook both sides the chicken just until fully cooked. Remove the chicken and let it cool. Once it's cooled, cut it into cubes.
- In the same pan, add the sliced mushrooms and stir until thoroughly cooked.
- In a heavy bottomed pot, add 2 tbsp of olive oil, minced garlic, and chopped shaloots. Stir over medium heat until the shallots are translucent and cooked.
- Add in the Arborio rice and stir for about 3 minutes over medium high heat. Then add the dry sherry.
- Add the chicken broth, about 2 cups at a time letting the rice absorb the chicken broth each time.
- Once the rice is fully cooked, add the cubed chicken and sautéed mushrooms. Then add 1-2 tsp of salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper. Start off with 1 tsp of salt, and keep adding according to your liking.
- Cook the rice for another 2 minutes, then stir in the heavy cream and Parmesan cheese.
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Anna says
So, I made this 2 nights ago, and really enjoyed it. Great flavor!
I do want to ask for a bit of advice…every time I make risotto- instead of it coming out creamy, it comes out drier -like rice. Yours looks perfectly creamy! I’m not sure what I have to do differently. I did take it off the heat sooner than I normally would.
Any suggestions?
simplyhomecooked says
Hi Anna, did you add the broth in little by little, or all at once? Maybe that had something to do with it. It does tend to thicken after its done cooking. If I reheat it the next day, I usually add a little bit of cream to thin it out.
Anna says
Btw, what kind of pot do you have?
simplyhomecooked says
Hi Anna, I believe I used a Dutch oven pot.
Anna says
Incredible!! I can already taste it….