Need a Chicken Risotto recipe

[Nosha123]

Not ever done a Risotto before.... can anyone provide a nice chicken risotto recipe they recommend? (no mushrooms though.. bleurgh)
Also - would like to use the Sunday Roast Chicken leftovers.. but dont know how to make chicken stock from the carcass.. How do I do that?
Thanks

[EcclesCake]

Pick all the meat of the carcass.

Put carcass in a large pan with an onion, carrot, stick of celery, few parsley stalks, a bay leaf and a few peppercorns.

Cover with water, bring to the boil reduce to a gentle simmer and leave for about four hours. Remove bones, strain in to a clean pan.

Here's a risotto recipe, I like adding leeks to my chicken risotto and sometimes a little blue cheese. http://www.bbcgoodfoo...roast-chicken-risotto

Hope this helps.

[EcclesCake]

Disagree with pixi - you can't add anything you fancy to a risotto recipe. I've been given chocolate & chilli risotto, it was disgusting!

[Nosha123]

thanks both... really really appreciate it!!

[Hazel104]

A variation of Eccles recipe – leave out the peas but add in the rind of one lemon with the onions and garlic also add some tarragon when you put the parmesan in.

[EcclesCake]

Chicken and tarragon is a sublime combination, add leeks and it becomes divine.

And always, always, always avoid the evil little green balls of evilness.

[heathfield]

Personally, I can't think of any nice risotto recipe. Stock from a carcase - now that's different!

[EcclesCake]

Heathfield, why do you think its 'different' to make stock from a chicken carcass?

Not so long ago it was perfectly common practice to have a chicken roasted on Sunday, use the left overs in a pie (or whatever) on Monday and use the carcass for soup on Tuesday.

[heathfield]

Cake, I do like stock from a carcase, unlike risotto, which I don't like. That's where the difference is. Hope that's clear now.

[DTCwordfan]

Nosha, take your time with the risotto.

(i) make sure your arborio or carnoroli or vialone or nano rice is well coated in the butter at the start, so give it a good saute.

(ii) And stir and stir, as the liquid is absorbed very quickly early on - you will shoot through the stock and then it slows up.

(iii) taste and taste towards the end, personally I don't like my risotto to go to mushy..... chicken and whatever (yes peas, some lemon rind, tarragon/thyme/oregano, even rosemary can go in) - I also like cherry toms in there as well - anyway about 5 minutes before serving - and add a little cheese or butter in at the end just to add to the velvetness.

Some italian parsley to garnish perhaps but I have even someone do long thin strips of cucumber on top....which was interesting and different.

[DTCwordfan]

You can precook and finsih it off by the way if you are having a supper.......bring it about 2/3rds of the way through.....

[Nosha123]

Thanks everyone!!!! Will try one next week with leftover Roast Chick!