Originally Posted by
missydarlin
well then... I guess this needs to be my answer.
I make wild mushroom risotto fairly regularly. I've never found it overly hard... just time consuming

Same here! I add seared sea scallops with a pesto topping....delicious.
For me, chicken cacciatore is very time consuming and labor intensive.Just pan frying the chicken in batches, setting them aside, preparing the stock and other ingredients, adding the chicken...cooking...then cooking the rice takes up quite some time.