Substituting Risotto Rice!

[Smowball]

I was all set on making a recipe with chicken & risotto rice in later on, but Ive just looked and I’ve ran out of risotto rice. All Ive got is paella rice, plain white rice & stilette - can I use any of these?? The recipe is for a sort of quick & easy chicken risotto with leftovers. TIA.

[bednobs]

i have never even heard of that 3rd 1

[Smowball]

It looks like absolutely microscopic pieces of pasta - like the teeny pieces you get in minestrone soup.

[Buenchico]

The BBC Good Food website is adamant that there's no alternative:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/risotto-rice-glossary

Other websites seem to suggest non-rice alternatives:
https://www.self.com/story/how-to-cook-risotto-style-dish-with-any-grain
(Reach for the porridge, perhaps?)

Have you got a Co-op store nearby? According to Trolley.co.uk, you might find it there: https://www.trolley.co.uk/product/co-op-italian-risotto-rice/SJV387

[pastafreak]

I've used paella rice a few times. Not the same but adequate.

[Smowball]

I’ve got shops nearby but I still can’t drive at the moment with my back, so debating whether to improvise with what I’ve got here or just do something completely different .

[Prudie]

Can't you just make it with what you've got and not call it risotto. I'm sure it will taste just as nice if you called it special chicken rice or something.

[Patsy33]

Just use what you think is best of the three.

[Buenchico]

I make plenty of chicken dishes 'with rice', rather than 'including rice'. (e.g. chicken curries). A really simply cheap dish is for me to use half a tin of chicken in white sauce, throw in a bit of milk (to thin it out a bit) and add some blue cheese (to give it some flavour), along with some freshly-ground black pepper. Then I simply serve that with boiled long-grain rice. Couldn't you give your risotto menu a similar sort of twist?

[Smowball]

Yep think I’ll just be renaming it lol.

[douglas9401]

Comedian and gastronome Mickey Flanagan recommends red sauce with risotto.

Hope this helps.

[TheWinner]

Use whatever you've got and don't worry about it. The Queen isn't coming!

[Tilly2]

I'd use the paella rice.

[Atheist]

I agree with Tilly.

[Tilly2]

https://www.self.com/story/how-to-cook-risotto-style-dish-with-any-grain

[DTCwordfan]

Paella based - and just keep tasting it when it gets close in - and when you add your mix, five minutes out, make sure you really spoon it in, plenty of parmesan/pecorino, black pepper and flat parsley if you have these ingredients....

[DTCwordfan]

and a couple of good Italian Reds or Riojas on hand to leave your diners happy, of course.....