National Dish - Chicken Noodle Risotto
In the interest of developing the culture of The Kingdom of Tycho(TKoT) I have decided that we could do with a national dish.
Please note that this is the first recipe that I have written, also bare in mind that in my cooking I am not much given to following recipes. Where I do “follow” a recipe I tend to treat it more as inspirational guidelines than hard and fast rules and instructions to follow closely. So in this spirit feel free to modify and experiment with this recipe as much as you like.
Ingredients:
- 400-500g of cooked chicken
- 1 medium onion
- A few cloves of garlic (one, none or lots, according to taste)
- 1 each of small red, yellow and green peppers (Capsicums)
- A hand full of mushrooms.
- 1 cup of rice
- 1 block of noodles (fine, medium or tick according to taste)
- 1 lt. of stock.
- Herbs to taste (I usually use lots of Basil with some Oregano, Thyme and perhaps Bay Leaves)
Preparation:
- Cut the Chicken into bite size chunks
- Finely chop the onion, peppers and mushrooms.
- I usually finely chop the garlic, but you can use a garlic press if you prefer
Cooking:
- Heat some olive oil in the pan
- Once the oil is heated drop the onion into the pan. Let it soften for a few minutes.
- Next add the peppers and garlic (I find if you add the garlic with the onion it can sometimes burn). Let the peppers and garlic cook for another few minutes.
- Then pop in the mushrooms.
- Stir everything around, until the mushrooms start to brown.
- Add the chicken and rice.
- Give everything a good stir.
- Then add the stock.
- Bring to the boil and then turn the heat down to a simmer.
- Add freshly ground black pepper to taste (I usually do not add any salt but you can if you wish) and a couple of drops of Tabasco sauce
- Once everything is simmering drop the block of noodles on top, push it down a little to make sure it is covered by the liquid.
- Cover and leave to simmer for 15-20 min’s until all the liquid has boiled off.
When ready the dish should be moist, but with no liquid; the rice should still have a little bite, and the noodles will be soft.