Shiitake and Coriander Risotto

Here's a recipe that uses quorn, a meat alternative made of my mycoprotein. I make it when I have guests who will not touch anything green (they exist!). The original recipe is from Waitrose magazine uses chicken breast fillet. Can anyone recommend an alternative to quorn? I know this is not available in some parts of the world...

This is an Italian dish turned slightly Oriental : )

You need:

6 pcs/a pack of Quorn fillet, cut into 2.5 cm pieces
2 tbsp olive oil
150 g Shiitake mushrooms, thickly sliced
325 g carnaroli or arborio risotto rice
1. 2 litres of boiling stock
a cup of chopped fresh coriander
1 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp toasted sesame oil

What to do:

1. Heat half the oil in a large pan, fry the quorn fillet until golden brown. Transfer to a plate and then set aside.
2. Heat the remaining oil in the pan. Add the mushrooms. Give a quick stir, then add the garlic. Stir over low heat, then add rice. Cook for 2-3 minutes, then return the fillet.
3. Gradually add the stock, a ladleful at a time. Make sure that each has been fully absorbed by the rice before adding another ladleful. After putting in all the stock, cook for about 25-30 minutes, stirring regularly until the rice is cooked (tender).
4. Stir in the coriander and sprinkle with soy sauce and sesame oil.
5. You can put some cracked black peppers and/or parmesan and serve with salad**

** Normally, I have a watercress, rocket, and spinach salad with this. But last night, I grilled green beans, then chopped it and mixed it with pinto and red kidney beans. I used lemon and extra virgin olive oil dressing. It was all delicious!

I took the picture last night. I'm sure some of you will notice the plate and the chopping board from previous recipe!

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