{"id":2081,"slug":"microwave-risotto","title":"Microwave Risotto","description":"Microwave risotto is made using the microwave. It requires very little stirring and turns out quite well.","ingredients_raw":["3 cups (750 ml/1.6 pints) simmering hot chicken broth","½ teaspoon salt","1 dash ground white or black pepper","2 tablespoons butter","2 tablespoons olive oil","½ cup (90 g/3.2 oz) minced yellow onion","1 cup (125 g/4.4 oz) uncooked medium grain rice"],"ingredients_norm":["simmering hot chicken broth","salt","ground white or black pepper","butter","olive oil","yellow onion","uncooked medium grain rice"],"steps":["In a saucepan, bring chicken broth, salt and pepper to a low simmer, and keep warm until needed.","In an oven-proof dish (or 10-inch/25 cm quiche dish), heat oil and butter in microwave for 2 minutes.","Add minced onion to the dish, stir to coat with oil, and cook in microwave for 4 minutes.","Add uncooked rice to the dish, stir to coat with oil, and cook in microwave for another 4 minutes.","Pour simmering chicken broth into the dish and stir well. Microwave 9 minutes.","Stir rice and chicken broth well and microwave another 9 minutes.","If a creamier risotto is desired, add ¼ cup (60 ml) warm water, stir well and microwave for another 2 minutes."],"categories":["Microwave recipes","Recipes using rice","Recipes for risotto","Recipes using butter","Recipes using chicken broth and stock"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":40,"servings":"3–6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Microwave_Risotto","source_ref":"4517962","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Microwave_Risotto&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"e67604764d6934900b5bd95db6178656bab5c4c96159a3e6729243b3cb4326d7","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:09Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:09Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/microwave-risotto"}