Vegan Minestrone Risotto
A creamy Italian-style risotto filled with tomatoes, cannellini beans, and colorful minestrone vegetables, finished with nutritional yeast, lemon, and parsley.
Instructions
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Step 1
Pour the vegetable stock into a medium saucepan and keep it hot over low heat without boiling.
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Step 2
Prepare the onion, carrot, celery, garlic, zucchini, green beans, and parsley as noted in the ingredient list.
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Step 3
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery and cook until softened, stirring occasionally.
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Step 4
Add the garlic and tomato paste. Stir over medium heat until fragrant and the paste darkens slightly.
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Step 5
Add the Arborio rice and stir over medium heat until the grains are glossy and lightly toasted.
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Step 6
Pour in the white wine and stir until it is almost completely absorbed.
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Step 7
Stir in the chopped tomato. Add the warm stock one ladleful at a time, stirring frequently and allowing each addition to be mostly absorbed before adding the next.
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Step 8
Add the zucchini and green beans. Continue adding the stock gradually and stirring until all the stock is incorporated and the rice is creamy and nearly tender.
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Step 9
Stir in the cannellini beans and green peas. Cook over medium heat until heated through and the rice is tender.
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Step 10
Remove the saucepan from the heat. Stir in the nutritional yeast, lemon juice, salt, and ground black pepper.
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Step 11
Fold in the parsley and serve immediately.
Nutrition (Estimated)
Food safety
Caution: low
Serve promptly. Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours in shallow containers, use within 3 days, and reheat until steaming hot throughout.
Risk factors
- Hot stock and steam can cause burns.
- Cooked rice can support bacterial growth if held warm or cooled too slowly.