Vegan Mushroom Risotto
Creamy, full of flavour and super easy. A great recipe to impress friends without much effort.
prep time 10 mins total time 20-30 mins serves 4
This easy vegan mushroom risotto is absolutely delicious. It’s so creamy and flavourful you’d never think it was vegan. It’s so simple to make and completely adaptable in that you can chuck in any of your favourite ingredients.
ingredients
Oil
4 shallots
3 cloves of garlic
300g arborio rice
250g closed cup mushrooms
2 portobello mushrooms
1L vegetable stock
Juice of a lemon
Nutritional yeast
Fresh parsley
Salt and pepper
Knob of vegan butter
method
Chop the shallots and garlic, adding to the pan with a healthy glug of oil.
Fry until the onions and garlic have softened. Meanwhile chop up the mushrooms.
Add the mushrooms to the pan, cooking until they have softened and shrunk.
Add in the rice and stir together for approx 1 minute.
Prepare your stock and add around 1/4 to the rice to the pan, mixing everything together. Stir continuously over a gentle heat until the rice has absorbed all of the liquid.
Add a little more stock, stirring again in with the rice until all of the liquid is absorbed. Repeat this process over until all the stock has been added.
When the risotto is cooked, remove the pan from the heat.
Squeeze in the lemon to the mushroom risotto, add in the nutritional yeast, parsley, butter and salt and pepper. Stir together, and adjust seasoning to taste.
notes
Mushroom risotto is a really delicious meal that can be adapted with a variety of yummy vegetables like mushrooms, butternut squash, asparagus, tomatoes etc.
It is a great option to make for family or friends who are not vegan, as it is a dish they most likely have enjoyed before without considering the fact that it is vegetarian. As it's often on restaurant menus, it will feel familiar while also being a perfect recipe to impress non-vegans.
Adding butter at the end really adds a yummy creamy texture, but you can leave this out if you prefer.
Top the mushroom risotto with some vegan parmesan if you can get your hands on some.
