Prawn and chorizo risotto

This spicy risotto owes its mild heat to the chorizo sausage and a beautiful seafood flavour thanks to the juicy prawns. Italian food at its best!

Ingredients

  • 20ml olive oil

    1 tbsp

  • 1 brown onion

    diced

  • 2 cloves garlic

    diced

  • 1 chorizo sausage

    sliced

  • 1 red capsicum

    sliced

  • 2 cups arborio rice

  • 125ml white wine

    1/2 cup

  • 400g chopped tomatoes

    from a tin

  • 750ml fish stock

    3 cups

  • 150g green prawns

    peeled, deveined, heads removed

  • coriander

    to serve

Allergy Advice

Contains Fish

Contains Shellfish

Equipment

  • 1 large, deep frypan with a lid

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large, deep frypan with a lid. Add onion and garlic and saute over gentle heat for 3-4 minutes. Add chorizo and capsicum and cook for 2 minutes. Add rice and cook for a further minute. Increase heat, add wine and allow it to bubble up. When the wine has been absorbed, add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
  2. Fill the tomato tin with water and add to the mix along with the stock. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to the lowest setting, place a lid on the frypan and cook for 12-15 minutes until all of the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.
  3. Stir through prawns and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until they are tender. Add a little more water if it is looking too dry. Just before serving, stir through coriander.

Notes

Tip
You can buy fish stock in cartons from the supermarket.
Tip
Good quality frozen prawns are fine. I like to keep some in the freezer for just this type of easy midweek meal. Paired with the spicy chorizo, they add some excitement to the dish, and can be thrown in at the last minute to cook through.

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