Vegan Mushroom Risotto

Vegan Mushroom Risotto

I LOVE mushrooms, especially enoki (the really thin white ones) and oyster mushrooms. If you love mushrooms, then this risotto recipe is for you. At Market & Co at Upper Canada Mall in Newmarket, there’s a soup company called Mama’s Best that has a wicked vegan creamy mushroom soup. I typically make my mushroom risotto when I pay them a visit and grab one, but I’ve also made it from scratch. If you have an instant pot, making risotto is really quick! I’ve put both, an instant pot version and a non-instant pot version below.

Here it is:

• 1 medium-sized white onion minced
• 2 cloves garlic (minced or crushed)
• 10 white mushrooms (sliced)
• 1.5 cups vegan creamy mushroom soup + 3 cups water OR 3 cups mushroom broth + 1 cup plain unsweetened coconut or cashew milk
• 3 tbsp nutritional yeast
• ½ tsp Italian seasoning
• 1.5 cups organic Arborio rice (rinsed with cold water)
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tbsp olive oil or Miyokos cashew-based butter
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Optional: Enoki mushrooms, cilantro or parsley, spinach, frozen peas

Instructions:

1. Heat up 1 tbsp of cooking oil in a skillet on medium and cook your onion, garlic, and black pepper until they’re light golden.

2. Add your mushrooms and cook for 2 minutes.

3. Add in your rice and cook for 1 minute.

4. Throw in the liquids (broth + milk or soup + water), Italian seasoning, and paprika.

5. Bring the rice to a boil, then decrease heat to low, cover your skillet, and cook for 15-20 minutes until the rice is soft. Add more water if need be.

6. Once the rice is cooked, mix in your olive oil/butter, nutritional yeast, salt & pepper, and optional enoki mushrooms, peas, spinach, and cilantro/parsley.

7. Enjoy while it’s hot!

Instant pot directions:

1. Use the sauté function to do the first 4 steps listed above.

2. Once you’ve added the rice and liquids, shut the lid, set the vent to “sealing”, use the pressure cook function, set your timer to 5 minutes, and pressure cook for 5 minutes.

3. Once the timer is done, you can wait for the pressure to decrease or let the steam out manually (which is what I end up doing because I’m impatient).

4. Add in your olive oil/butter, nutritional yeast, salt & pepper, and optional enoki mushrooms, spinach, peas, and cilantro/parsley and enjoy!