Italian Sausage Risotto

5 from 1 vote

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.

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Total Time45

Course: Mains

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: sausage risotto, tomato risotto recipe, tomato sausage

Servings:

Calories: 565kcal

Author: Melissa Belanger

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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