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Chicken Arrabbiata Risotto with Sundried Tomato & Pea Shoots
Here's a speedy risotto to turn your kitchen into an Italian trattoria. Simmer tender free-range British chicken and our easy-cook risotto-style rice in a rich tomato sauce, smoky balsamic vinegar and a pinch of chilli flakes for arrabbiata flavours. Top with leafy pea shoots for the perfect bite.
High protein
6 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 10g chicken stock powder (Chicory Extract, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavouring, Salt, Onion Powder, Chicken Stock Powder, Rapeseed Oil.)
- 40g pea shoots
- 20g italian hard cheese (Eggs, Milk) (cow's milk, salt, microbial rennet, preservative (lysozyme protein from egg).)
- 80g baby spinach
- 500g cooked short grain brown rice (Cooked Wholegrain Risotto Rice 97% (Water, Risotto Rice), Sunflower Oil, Salt.)
- 2 tbsp sundried tomato paste (Tomato Puree, Sundried Tomatoes, Rapeseed Oil, Water, Pine Kernels, Salt)
- 1 tbsp thickened aged balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (wine vinegar, concentrated grape must (SULPHITES), xanthan gum E441)
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 2 tsp smoked paprika & oregano blend (smoked paprika, oregano)
- 200g baby tomatoes
- 4 garlic clove
- 600g diced British Free Range chicken breast
- 2 pepper
Nutritional Information
Calories: 540
Protein: 48g
Carbs: 58g
Fat: 15g
Chicken Arrabbiata Risotto with Sundried Tomato & Pea Shoots
Here's a speedy risotto to turn your kitchen into an Italian trattoria. Simmer tender free-range British chicken and our easy-cook risotto-style rice in a rich tomato sauce, smoky balsamic vinegar and a pinch of chilli flakes for arrabbiata flavours. Top with leafy pea shoots for the perfect bite.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out a large frying pan, a measuring jug, a sieve & a grater
Get started
- Thinly slice the peppers
- Heat the large frying pan with 1 tbsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the pepper and chicken and cook for 4 mins, until golden. Season with salt and pepper
Flavour time
- Meanwhile, finely chop or crush the garlic. Roughly chop the tomatoes
- Add the garlic, paprika & oregano mix and half the chilli flakes (for those who'd like the heat) to the pan. Cook for 1 min, then add the balsamic, tomatoes, sundried tomato paste, stock powder and 150ml water. Stir to dissolve
Add the rice
- Add the rice to the pan, breaking it up with a wooden spoon
- Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 mins, until the chicken is cooked and the sauce thickens to a risotto-like consistency. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a splash of water if it gets too dry
Finishing touches
- Rinse the spinach. Finely grate the cheese
- In the final minute, stir the spinach and half the cheese into the risotto until wilted
Plate up
- Check your chicken is cooked through by cutting a large piece in half; the flesh should be white and the juices running clear
- Serve the chicken arrabbiata risotto into bowls. Top with the pea shoots. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and chilli flakes (for those who'd like the heat)
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