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Garlic, mushrooms, and vegetable broth infuse this creamy vegan risotto with savory flavor, while crisp-tender carrots and peas add a dash of sweetness to round things out. Short on time? Use precooked rice and start with Step 2, adding a little water to the rice if it’s dry.
Ingredients
- 3 cups vegetable stock
- 1½ cups dry brown rice, rinsed and drained
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups thinly sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 cup ½-inch cauliflower florets
- 1 cup thinly sliced carrots
- 1 cup fresh or frozen peas
- 1 cup unsweetened, unflavored plant milk, such as almond, soy, cashew, or rice
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- In a large saucepan bring vegetable stock to boiling. Add rice; reduce heat. Simmer 45 minutes or until rice is toasted in places but still moist.
- Meanwhile, heat an extra-large skillet over medium-high. Add garlic; stir constantly to prevent sticking. Add mushrooms; cook 5 to 10 minutes or until the liquid released by the mushrooms is cooked off and mushrooms are browned. Transfer to the saucepan with the rice. Do not clean skillet.
- In the same skillet combine cauliflower, carrots, peas, and ¼ cup water. Cook over medium until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally. Transfer to the saucepan with the rice.
- Stir milk into the saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Cook 10 minutes more or until risotto is creamy. Serve warm.
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(5 from 17 votes)Made this recipe. Was questioning the use of brown rice when the recipe title says risotto. So I made with brown rice and did not turn out creamy. It was okay but I think using risotto would make more sense. Was brown rice a typo?
Hi Melissa, Thanks for your query. Wherever possible we advocate for using the least processed option, in this case brown rice. Sometimes this alters the texture from what you would find in a traditional recipe. Feel free to tweak this recipe to suit your tastes and dietary requirements. Hope this helps!
Omg! Sooo good. I'm taking bites of it as I type this msg! I don't always cooking from recipes, I think I make them to be more difficult in my mind then they really are.. but this wasn't difficult at all. And so worth it. Flavor is yummy!
I make my own vegetable broth I save scraps and freeze then pull some out boil with water , discard the scraps a you have broth . Next time I’ll add more veggies but enjoyed this recipe
I just made this recipe and love it! Was very easy to prep. Creamiest and tastiest vegan risotto I've ever made/had. I added about 3 cups of fresh chopped spinach to mine in addition to all the other veggies.
After reading some of the reviews, I made it with steel oats and prepared them like risotto-put the oats in a hot frying pan and added warm broth, a little at a time, continuously stirring. While the oats were cooking, I cooked the mushrooms in a separate pan and put them aside. In the empty mushroom pan, I cooked the rest of the vegetables. When the oats were done, I put everything together and then added coconut liquid aminos. My husband, who is not WFPB, and I loved it.
Delicious! I will definitely make this again.
I just made this using steel cut oats instead of rice and seasoned with tamari soy sauce to taste at the table. It was very good!
Relatively easy way to enjoy more veggies in a different way
In step 2, do you add the mushrooms to the cooking rice or do you wait the 45 minutes until the rice is done?
I have always added to the cooking rice.
The dishes look great. I'm eager to give them a try.
This recipe has been approved by two picky non-vegans. I did add a few teaspoons of nutritional yeast for a bit of a cheesy flavor. It was a bit blah without it.
You can also use steel cut oats and cook as you would a traditional risotto. I saw that done on a MasterClass. I'm going to make this for dinner, but use the steel cut oats.
making this today thankyou!
Risotto is a style of cooking in which stock/broth is slowly introduced, generally, to Arborio rice, causing the starches in the rice to create a somewhat firm yet creamy texture. This recipe's rice choice nor its style of cooking correctly honor the true Arborio process. I agree with Mr. Snyder's recipe name: "Brown Rice with [Lots-of-]Vegetables."
Excellent because it doesn't require too much salt. I will take it into consideration and give it a try.
Should call this “brown rice with vegetables”. Not Risotto. C,mon. Not Risotto.
Water sauteing is the term to use when cooking without the oil. So many recipes automatically call for oil when it is not needed to cook the garlic or mushrooms or meat, and the flavor of the dish is just fine without it. Calorie dense oils are the dinosaurs of older cooking style. I set a partial cup of water (or broth, or in some cases pineapple juice) alongside my saute pan and add a bit as necessary.
@Jean Legge - great insight, thanks for sharing!
Ooo, pineapple juice! Gotta try that one.
I’m on WW can you give the nutritional info? Cal, fat sodium ect..?
There are several sites on line that you can calculate your nutritional info as lots of recipe sites do not provide that information. One site is my.whisk.com but there are many more.
I am also on ww. I bought the points calculator and you can calculate everything
Love this recipe. Will use cauliflower rice to replace rice for low carb
I’m curious how to cook the cauliflower rice to make the risotto. I’m new to WFPB so any hints will be greatly appreciated.
you do not serving size or how many servings your recipes are
Nancy - Risotto is usually a one-pan dish that is cooked with Arborio rice very slowly over about 20-25 min until all liquid added 1 cup at a time gets dissolved, and is finished with Parmesan cheese and drizzled Olive Oil. Typically, Olive Oil is added to a pan until hot and then base ingredients (onions, ginger, garlic, whatever) are added and cooked until translucent. Arborio rice is added and toasted slightly, and then you add 1 cup of hot liquid (chicken stock, veggie stock, water, etc depending on what flavor profile you want to cook). You cook this slowly (medium-low heat) until almost all liquid is absorbed, and then you add 1 cup of liquid and repeat. You do this until the rice is tender but not mushy. Then, you'd add in your cheese at the end along with any cooked veggies like peas that you just want to fold in and then finish with a drizzle of Olive Oil. Since FOK is WFPB, it doesn't use oils or animal products, so no oils or cheeses are used. This recipe has been modified to support the WFPB lifestyle. I haven't tried this recipe, but it looks good. I'll use Brown Rice or maybe Wild Rice, I'll stick with the slow-adding-of-liquid method rather than how they say to add all liquid at once in order to make it true risotto fashion - plus you never know how much liquid your rice will really absorb since you're cooking it uncovered. I may change up the veggies added, but this sounds like a great base risotto recipe! Try it! You may like it! ;-)
When you say heat up garlic , you omit olive oil, is that right? Just in a dry pan??? HELP!!!!!
Excellent question!! Dry pan??
Francyne - while the recipe does say to use just a dry pan, you can also use just a splash of water or vegetable broth to help keep the garlic from sticking.
You can heat it up in a non stick pan and add a little broth.
If you preheat your pan for a couple of minutes and then add the garlic (or whatever vegetables you’re using in a particular recipe) they are much less likely to stick. If they get dry and start to stick a little, add 1 TBS of veggie broth or water. Works great!
Yes dry pan, adding in water as needed when things start to stick with garlic one needs to be careful you do not burn it, which can happen quickly so keep a good eye on it ... NO oil though :)
I don’t see risotto in the ingredients. But it says risotto in the last instruction
Brown rice. Risotto is the finished product.
Nancy - Somehow, my comment to you ended up under Eileen F.'s above. Please read it.
we make this at least once a month.
Did you add any additional seasoning? Mine came out a bit bland.
Hey Tom Bombadill, Tom Bombadillo! :)