Roasted Sweet Potato Bulgar Wheat Risotto

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 280.5
  • Total Fat: 7.8 g
  • Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
  • Sodium: 1,854.5 mg
  • Total Carbs: 47.5 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 12.3 g
  • Protein: 8.6 g

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Introduction

Based on Tosca Reno's recipe from Eat Clean Diet Stripped but with major changes. I didn't have some of the ingredients the original recipe used, so substituted with what I had. Based on Tosca Reno's recipe from Eat Clean Diet Stripped but with major changes. I didn't have some of the ingredients the original recipe used, so substituted with what I had.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 large sweet potato
    1 T + 1/2 t olive oil, divided
    1/2 t herbes de Provence
    1/2 Cup finely chopped onion
    2 cloves garlic, minced
    1 t finely chopped fresh thyme
    2 t finely chopped fresh sage
    1 Cup Bulgar Wheat
    4 C low sodium chicken or vegetable broth, simmering
    sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Directions

Preheat oven to 400F. Slice sweet potato in half and rub skin with 1/2 t olive oil. Sprinkle with herbes de Provence and season with salt and pepper. Place cut side down on baking sheet and cook in oven until tneder when piecred with a knife, about 45 min or less.

Heat 1 T olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion, garlic thyme and sage, and cook for 3 minutes until soft and fragrant. Stir in Bulgar Wheat, season with salt and pepper, and allow to cook for two minutes.

Reduce heat to medium-low, stir in 1/2 Cup simmering broth and allow to cook until almost completly absorbed. Continue stirring in 1/2 cu broth at a time, allowing liquid to absorb before adding more until wheat is tender, but still slightly chewy, 30 to 35 minutes.

Scrape cooled sweet potato into a bowl and mash. Stir into risotto. Taste and make any final adjustments to seasoning with salt and pepper. Spoon risotto into shallow bowls.

Serving Size: makes 4, 1 cup/240 ml servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user HILLRUNNER.