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    Arborio & Mushroom Fall Side Dish

    September 18, 2013 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 2 Comments

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    arborio mushroom fall side dish

    Y’all. I went through my about 8 different titles before settling on the “side dish” addition. It started as salad…but that was before I tasted it warm. Then I decided that salad was the wrong and perhaps pilaf would be better. But then I tasted it after it had chilled. And I was back to salad. Then I thought this would make the perfect lunch for a chilly fall day. But it’s still really hot here and thought it would make a great chilled lunch for a hot fall day.

    See why this was so hard for me.

    So I settled on the generic “side dish”…but eat it as you wish, when you want. For breakfast, lunch, dinner, as a side, as a salad. I hope you enjoy it!

    P.S. This would be a great gluten-free alternative to stuffing…holidays will be here before we know it!

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    Arborio & Mushroom Fall Side Dish

    A delightful side dish for your Fall or holiday meals! Can be serve warm or chilled!
    Prep Time10 minutes
    Cook Time20 minutes
    Servings - 4 servings

    Ingredients 

    • 1 Tbsp butter
    • 1 Tbsp olive oil
    • 2 Tbsp minced onion or 1 small onion, finely chopped
    • 1 tsp dried basil
    • 1 cup Arborio rice
    • 2 cups chicken broth (plus 1 cup water)
    • 1 tsp olive oil
    • 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, chopped
    • 10 oz fresh spinach leaves
    • Salt and pepper
    • 1 sweet apple, such as honeycrisp, peeled and chopped

    Instructions

    • Heat the butter and olive oil in medium saucepan.
    • Add the onion and basil and saut for 2 minutes.
    • Stir in the arborio rice and then quickly pour in the 2 cups of chicken broth. Bring to a boil and let the broth soak into the rice.
    • Then add the 1 cup of water and continue cooking until it has been absorbed.
    • Meanwhile, saut the mushrooms in the olive oil for 2 minutes, then add the spinach and cook until most of the leaves have wilted. Transfer to mixing bowl.
    • Once the rice has cooked, add to the mixing bowl and combine with the mushrooms and spinach. Season with salt and pepper.
    • Stir in the apple pieces.
    • Serve Arborio & Mushroom Fall Side Dish warm with chicken, or chilled for a quick lunch.

    Arborio & Mushroom Fall Side

    Originally posted on Mushroom Channel here.

    Disclosure: I’m a freelance writer for the Mushroom Channel blog. I receive compensation for my time and for ingredients involved in recipe development. Opinions and recipe naming problems are my own.
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    Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Lunch Recipes, Rice Recipes, Side Dish Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes

    Comments

    1. Lorraine says

      March 29, 2015 at 5:54 pm

      Looks like a mushroom and spinach risotto to me! 😀

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