Random Recipe Challenge - Mango Ginger Relish & Hot Dogs in a Risotto?!

Hello and welcome back to a FULL episode of Nikoli's Kitchen and the arrival of the long-promised Random Recipe Challenge, where I take ingredients submitted by listeners and fans of the show and turn them into a dish. This inaugural challenge sees me making a "relish" of sorts for the first time ever using mango & ginger, and putting hot dogs in a risotto. The result was actually not as bad as you'd think! Before I get there though, I talk for a bit about why I've been absent and what's going on with my life, as I had to take a step back and slow down a little bit and re-adjust. I am back now and you can expect a flurry of new content throughout the month of February to sate that podcast hunger! Thank you so much for your patience and for all of your amazing support. 

 

Featured Recipe Timecodes

24:34 - Random Recipe Challenge
27:32 - Ingredients
30:46 - Mango Ginger Relish
36:07 - Chicken Hot Dog Risotto

 

Featured Recipe for this Episode

Random Recipe # 1 Ingredients

Boneless Chicken Breast
(Arborio) Rice
Mango
Red Chili Powder
Ginger
Hot Dogs
Dill Pickles
Spinach

 

Mango Ginger Relish

2 cups dill pickles, finely diced
1 cup pineapple, finely diced
1 yellow onion, finely diced
1 bell pepper, finely diced
10 cloves garlic, finely diced
1/4 c white wine
1 mango, finely diced
2 T grated fresh ginger
1 T whole grain mustard
1/2 stick butter
2 T brown sugar
1 T celery salt
1/2 t ground turmeric
1 T white sugar
1 lemon

Finely dice the onion, bell pepper, and garlic. 
Melt butter in a skillet at mid heat. Add onion and bell pepper and saute, sprinkling with celery salt and the brown sugar. 
Add white wine and saute, cooking until soft.
As the onion/pepper mix finishes up, add the pickles, garlic, and mango. Cook for 1 minute.
Add ginger, mustard, and turmeric. Cook for another minute, tossing or mixing until well-combined.
Add sugar and juice from one lemon. Cook for 1 minute, tossing or mixing until well-combined.
Remove from the heat and add in the pineapple, mixing until well-combined.
Store in a container and refrigerate. Makes approx 4 cups.

 

Chicken Hot Dog Risotto

1 cup arborio rice
3-1/2 cups chicken stock
1 cup white wine
2 c freshly grated parmesan cheese
4 organic chicken hot dogs, cooked and chopped
1/2 bag baby spinach, roughly chopped
2 roma tomatoes, chopped
1/2 t allspice
1 t red chili powder
Salt
Pepper

Before starting your risotto, cook your hot dogs (I just seared them on all sides, removed and chopped them once they cooled).
Warm the stock and the white wine together until they come to a boil and then reduce heat to low (it doesn't need to keep cooking, it just needs to be hot).
Warm a large skillet over mid heat and add your dry rice, allowing it to lightly toast, tossing it periodically so it doesn't burn.
Begin adding in stock 1/2 to 1 cup at a time, stirring frequently. Once the liquid is absorbed by the rice, add more.
Continue this until you have approximately 1/2 cup of stock left.
Add your parmesan cheese, hot dogs, spinach, tomatoes, allspice, and chili powder. Add salt & pepper to taste.
Cook and continue stirring together until the rice is tender and it has a creamy consistency.

 

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