Risotto pomodoro (rice and tomatoes)
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 ts Margarine -and seasoning mix
- 1/2 c Chopped onion Dissolved in 1 cup hot water
- 2 Garlic cloves minced 1 md Tomato blanched peeled
- 4 oz Uncooked arborio rice (or -seeded -any short- or And chopped Medium-grain rice) 1 ds Each salt and pepper
- 1 Pkt instant chicken broth
Instructions:
In 10-inch skillet heat margarine until bubbly and hot; add onion and garlic and saute until onion is soft (DO NOT BROWN). Add rice and cook stirring frequently until golden about 3 minutes; stir in 1/4 cup dissolved broth mix and cover skillet. cook over medium heat until rice begins to absorb liquid about 3 minutes (watch carefully so that rice does not burn). Stir in tomato salt pepper and about 1/4 cup more broth; cover skillet and cook checking frequently until liquid has been almost absorbed. Continue cooking and adding broth as described until rice is tender but still moist about 15 minutes (be careful that rice does not dry out completely). Makes 4 servings. [WEIGHT WATCHERS NEW INTERNATIONAL COOKBOOK] Posted by Fred Peters.
