Great recipe!! Here’s a great tip for rehydrating dehydrated foods on a hike (just maybe not risotto…). We double bag each meal in ziploc freezer bags. Each morning, we pull out that evening’s meal and add a cup (or two) of water to it and mix it up well. At lunch, we check it, and if required, add more water. By the time we get to our camping site and get everything set up, the meal is usually fully rehydrated and can literally just be warmed up. It saves a lot of fuel.

Rick

Hi Helen. You can try reducing the rehydrating time. But rehydrating backpacking food is tricky business – it’s hard to strike a balance between too mushy and too chewy. As I said in the recipe, you will need to simmer the risotto at the end. If it is sticking, it’s likely the heat is up too high. If you don’t have a stove that simmers, hold the pot higher above the flame to try to reduce the temperature.