This Creamy Chicken, Pumpkin, Bacon & Baby Spinach Risotto is one of our most popular risotto recipes! A kid-friendly favourite that the whole family will love!

Risottos have always been one of my very favourite things to make in my Thermomix! Forget standing over the stove-top stirring a risotto, our Thermomix risotto recipes are so simple to make, family-friendly and any leftovers can be frozen.

What You Need

This Chicken, Pumpkin, Bacon & Baby Spinach Risotto is made from a few basic ingredients:

parmesan cheeseminced garlic (or 1 garlic clove)brown onionolive oilbaconchicken breastarborio ricechicken stock powder (or homemade chicken stock)waterwhite wine (or replace with extra water)pumpkin (butternut, jap or kent)baby spinach leaves
Note: Scroll to the recipe card at the bottom for ingredient quantities and the full method.

Recipe Substitutions

This is a super versatile recipe that allows for many variations:

use chicken thighs in place of chicken breastomit the baconadd some frozen peas in the last 2 minutes of cookinguse rocket in place of baby spinachomit the white wine and replace with extra water

Recipe Tips

If you have leftover roast pumpkin (from dinner the night before!), you can use that instead of cooking pumpkin in the Thermomix. Simply cut it into small chunks and place in the ThermoServer before pouring the risotto over the top.

It’s important to allow the risotto to rest for 10 minutes befor...