Pour chicken broth into a medium-sized saucepan and place over medium-low heat. In a large skillet, melt 3 Tbsp of butter over medium heat. Once melted, add onion and cook.

Bringing broth to a boil and cooking chopped onion in a saucepan with butter

Bringing broth to a boil and cooking chopped onion in a saucepan with butter

Add rice and use a spatula to turn until all of the rice is coated with butter. Cook another minute or two. Drizzle wine into pan and cook, stirring, until all wine is evaporated. 

Adding Arborio rice to the pan, stirring thoroughly, then adding wine to the pan

Adding Arborio rice to the pan, stirring thoroughly, then adding wine to the pan

Add about ⅓-½ cup of warm chicken broth, stir often.  Once the broth has been cooked out, repeat with additional wine and repeat until you have added all of the broth or rice is al-dente.

Adding broth incrementally to the pan and stirring well between additions

Adding broth incrementally to the pan and stirring well between additions

Adding butter, parmesan cheese, pepper, and chopped parsley to the pan and stirring well after each addition

Adding butter, parmesan cheese, pepper, and chopped parsley to the pan and stirring well after each addition