Side Dishes

Zucchini Risotto with Bacon

by Editorial Staff

Summary

Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Side Dish
Cuisine European
Servings (Default: 2)

Ingredients

  • 250 g zucchini
  • 2 teaspoons butter
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 30 g bacon, mixed, finely diced
  • 1 onion (s), finely diced
  • 1 clove (s) garlic, finely chopped
  • 120 g risotto rice
  • 500 ml chicken broth, or vegetable broth
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon crème fraîche
Zucchini Risotto with Bacon
Zucchini Risotto with Bacon

Instructions

  1. Cut the zucchini into small cubes and sweat in 2 teaspoons of butter, cook for about 4 minutes, then set aside.
  2. Sweat the bacon with onions and garlic in the butter. When the onions are translucent, add the rice and allow to translate. Now gradually pour in the hot chicken broth.
  3. After 20 minutes add the zucchini cubes and the creme fraiche, heat everything, season with salt, pepper and serve.
Editorial Staff

About Editorial Staff

The Boss Kitchen editorial staff oversees content review, fact-checking, and recipe verification across the site. Published articles pass through the editorial team before going live, ensuring ingredient lists, techniques, cooking times, and nutritional claims hold up in a home kitchen. The team coordinates contributions across the site writers, handles reader corrections, and maintains consistency in measurement conventions, safety guidance, and dietary labeling. Posts under this byline typically represent team-reviewed reference material, site announcements, or editorial roundups rather than individual-author features, and they are held to the same sourcing standards as bylined recipe and product coverage.

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