Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, balsamic quinoa mushroom risotto. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
A twist on a classic risotto, this quinoa risotto stars quinoa instead of rice to make a fabulous Italian-inspired dish. Between the light nutty taste of the quinoa, the earthy flavor of the mushrooms and the lemon zing, you will love this easy and healthy Mushroom Quinoa Risotto for sure! It's an interesting mix of quinoa, bacon, and vegetables.
Balsamic Quinoa Mushroom Risotto is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Balsamic Quinoa Mushroom Risotto is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have balsamic quinoa mushroom risotto using 13 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Balsamic Quinoa Mushroom Risotto:
- Make ready 2 tsp good sweet Balsamic vinegar
- Take 2 tsp butter
- Take 8 oz chopped porcini mushrooms
- Prepare 1 medium onion
- Prepare 3-4 gloves garlic chopped fine
- Make ready 1 small red wine (186 ml)
- Get 2 tbsp olive oil
- Get 1 cup quinoa
- Take 2 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready 1 cup chicken stock
- Get 1/4 cup grated Parmesan Romano cheese
- Get Olive oil and garlic French bread
- Get 4 servings
With just enough quinoa left in the pantry, I set to work. You know what I love about this risotto, other than the obvious fact that it uses such a healthy. This fantastic vegan quinoa risotto is just as satisfying as the original, whilst also being a good source of protein. The risotto is then topped with a good helping of mushrooms that have been quickly fried in a hot pan with a sprinkling of thyme.
Instructions to make Balsamic Quinoa Mushroom Risotto:
- Cook quinoa until soft, add 1 tsp garlic powder and 1 tsp Balsamic to mixture, let cool. Prep French bread by spritzing olive oil and a dusting of garlic salt
- Chop onion and mushrooms and sauté in a teaspoon of olive oil until both are sweated. Add butter. Add Chopped garlic and cook down until garlic smells sweet. Add the teaspoon of balsamic and the wine. Add quinoa, stir in and simmer until the alcohol smell leaves.(around 5 minutes)
- Add chicken stock and simmer until liquid is absorbed. Salt and pepper to taste. Toast the French bread.
- Put risotto on plate and sprinkle liberally with cheese. Serve with toasted garlic French bread
This creamy quinoa mushroom risotto recipe uses the quinoa grain alongside traditional aborio risotto rice and gives this hearty risotto dish a South American twist. The basil and the garlic, as well as a varied selection of dried and fresh mushrooms make the dish full of flavour. Quinoa, the super-grain of Peru, has a creamy and supple texture that lends itself to recipes that are typically made with rice, like this risotto. So far most of our quinoa dishes have started with cooked quinoa. This one starts with uncooked quinoa because we're going to Pour quinoa into the mushroom mixtures (or vice versa, it doesn't matter).
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