Chicken & Bacon Risotto – Slimming World Recipe

Chicken and bacon are some of our favourite flavour combinations and this chicken and bacon risotto is pure comfort food.

Chicken & Bacon Risotto

Syn free

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 2 slices of lean bacon, chopped
• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 50g cooked lean ham, chopped
• 100g chicken, chopped and cooked
• 1 pinch saffron
• 200g fresh tomatoes, peeled
• 400ml chicken stock
• 100g arborio risotto rice
• 1 clove garlic
• Finely chopped thyme
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

1. Put the bacon in a frying pan, spray generously with low calorie cooking spray and cook for 5 minutes. Remove the bacon and add the onions and rice and cook for another 2 minutes.
2. Add the tomatoes, garlic, stock, thyme and saffron. Mix and cook for 15 minutes. Add more water if necessary.
3. When the rice begins to increase in volume, add the cooked chicken, ham and the bacon. Stir, season and cook for another 10 minutes. Leave to stand for 3 minutes before serving.

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