Description
This is a one-dish meal that combines aromatic arborio rice with caramelized celeriac, chicken seasoned with paprika and herbs, and mushrooms cooked in butter. The plum sauce adds a sweet-savory dimension to the dish.
Stats
⏱️ Prep time: 15 minutes ✦ Cook time: 30-40 minutes ✦ Misc time: 30 minutes resting ✦ Total time: 1 hour 25 minutes
🍽️ Serves: 4 people
Ingredients
- Arborio rice
- Garlic (optional)
- Celeriac, cubed into 1cm pieces
- Olive oil
- Chicken breast, chunked
- Paprika
- Mixed herbs
- Plum sauce
- Large white (button) mushrooms, roughly chopped
- Butter
Instructions
- Start the arborio rice by boiling in water, with optional garlic.
- Cube the celeriac into approximately 1cm pieces and shallow-fry in olive oil for 10-15 minutes until browned with darkened edges.
- Transfer the celeriac to the partially cooked rice using a slotted spoon and combine.
- Chunk the chicken and cook in the same oil, adding paprika and mixed herbs.
- When the chicken is nearly done, pour in some plum sauce and mix through. Cook until slightly reduced.
- Mix the chicken into the rice.
- Roughly chop the mushrooms and cook in the pan with added butter.
- Once cooked, combine the mushrooms with the rice mixture.
- Cover the rice and leave to sit for at least 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
Based on this recipe from my old wiki. This recipe yields a complete one-dish meal. The resting time allows the flavors to meld together and the rice to finish cooking through residual heat.