So I need a simple but potentially awesome lunch that involves meat (simple in the sense that it doesn't contain a ton of exotic stuff since that can't be easily obtained around here). I've had a few ideas but I'm not sure about that stuff, one especially is alluring but it has a lot of potential to be an expensive fuckup.
I worry about this because a friend has decided to start eating meat again (been a vegetarian for 2-3 years now) and I've been tasked with making her first meaty meal.
Risotto is not nearly as hard as most people think, and dead tasty if you do it right.
All measurements are approximate
1 onion
4ish cloves garlic
a few slices bacon
two or three chicken thighs
1 cup arborio rice (most supermarkets, any medium grain will do)
a couple stock cubes (or however much powder makes a litre of stock)
salt
pepper
about half a cup of frozen peas and/or corn
parmesan
fill the kettle, put it on
dice bacon and onion, fry off until onions are kinda sorta translucent in a dutch oven or other biggish pot
cut chicken into strips or chunks or whatever you want, not much bigger than an inch cube is ideal
toss the chicken in, after it all turns white cook for another minute-ish then toss in stock cubes
once stock cubes kinda dissolve in the juices toss in your rice, stir until all the rice is coated and then for like a minute afterwards
then toss in a splash of wine if you want, or just water if you don't have any
red or white wine works, sometimes red wine makes it go a weird grey colour, sometimes an awesome pink, it's a bit of a mixed bag, all tastes fine though
then just keep alternating stirring until liquid's mostly gone and adding more liquid
after you've put in a good two thirds of the kettle (5 cups/1.25L) chuck in your peas/corn and start tasting the rice to see how the texture is
when the rice is soft you're done
turn off heat, add parmesan, stir
Apologies for poor formatting, I hastily adapted from when I facebooked it to a friend.
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