Italian Sausage Risotto
This sausage risotto is filled with sweet Italian sausage, flavorful tomatoes and arborio rice cooked until creamy. It’s comfort food at its best – simple, hearty, and delicious – making it the perfect indulgence for a dreary, winter day.
Servings: 6
Calories: 565kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound sausage
- 1/2 large onion
- 1 cup white wine
- 2 cups arborio rice
- 4 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups water
- 1 15- ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes with juice
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds optional
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast
Instructions
- Heat a skillet to medium-high. Add sausage and cook until golden brown, breaking into piece as it cooks.
- Add the onion to the pan and sauté until tender and translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir as need to prevent burning or sticking.
- Deglaze the pan with white wine, scraping up any bits of sausage that have stuck to the pan.
- Add the rice and allow it to absorb the liquid in the pan.
- Cook the rice by adding 1/2 cup increments of chicken stock and water, allowing it to simmer until the liquid has been absorbed. Repeat until all the broth has been absorbed.
- Stir in the water, tomatoes, spices and nutritional yeast. Continue to simmer, stirring as needed, until the liquid has been absorbed and the rice has cooked through.
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Nutrition
Calories: 565kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 22g | Fat: 23g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 768mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin C: 10mg