Barley is a healthy and tasty cereal. But today it has lost popularity and not many use it as an additive in soups. In fact, cereals can be an excellent side dish for vegetables, fish or meat. This article contains interesting recipes on how to cook pearl barley porridge in the Polaris multicooker.
Classic version
Ingredients:
- ¼ kilogram of pearl barley;
- 300 ml of water;
- salt to taste.
How to cook pearl barley porridge in the Polaris slow cooker:
- A special bowl is greased with butter.
- Washed barley is added and salt is added.
- Install the program "Porridge" or "Krupa" for 60 minutes.
- After the end of the preset mode, change to “Heating” and leave for another hour.
Milk porridge
Required Products:
- 100 g cereals;
- 200 ml of water;
- 300 ml of milk;
- granulated sugar, salt and cow butter to taste.
Barley porridge in the Polaris multicooker is prepared as follows:
- The bowl is greased with oil and the washed barley is laid out.
- Pour milk and water.
- The dish is salted and sprinkled with sugar.
- Set the regime "Milk porridge", cook for 60 minutes.
- After which they change the program to "Heating" and stand for another half hour.
With fat
What the dish consists of:
- 100 grams of cereal;
- 250 milliliters of water;
- carrot and bulb;
- 50 g smoked bacon.
How to cook pearl barley porridge in the Polaris crock-pot with lard:
- Salo is cut into small cubes, placed in a bowl, set the program "Baking" and fry it.
- Chives are finely chopped, and carrots are rubbed on a coarse grater.
- When the lard is fried, vegetables are sent to it and cooked for no more than ten minutes.
- Pour washed porridge, pour water and salt.
- Install the program "Porridge" for one hour.
- After that, the mode is changed to "Heating" and held for another half hour.
With mushrooms
List of required products:
- ¼ kg of cereals;
- 350 grams of fresh mushrooms (oyster mushrooms or champignons);
- cooking oil for frying;
- bulb.
Barley porridge in the Polaris slow cooker with mushrooms is prepared as follows:
- Finely chop the onion, transfer it to the bowl, pour the vegetable oil and fry it in the “Baking” mode.
- When the vegetable has changed color, shredded mushrooms are sent and cooked for ten minutes, while stirring constantly.
- Then transfer the fried mushrooms to a separate plate.
- In the bowl spread the washed cereal, set the regime to "Porridge" for one hour.
- After the end of the program, salted, sprinkled with spices and sprinkled mushrooms in barley.
- In the "Preheat" mode, they cook another 60 minutes.
Barley porridge with meat in the Polaris slow cooker
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of cereal;
- 100 g chicken fillet;
- 350 ml of water;
- 40 g of cow's butter;
- bulb;
- greens.
Cooking Instructions:
- Set the mode "Frying", spread the oil and wait until it melts.
- Spread the meat, previously cut into small cubes.
- When the filet is fried, chopped onions are sent to it.
- Without changing the mode, they fry for ten minutes, while the lid is not closed.
- After this time, washed cereal, water, salt and spices are added.
- Install the program "Porridge" or "Krupa" and cook for one hour.
- After the end, they continue to cook for another half hour, but already in the "Heating" mode.
With chicken hearts
Required Products:
- ¼ kg of cereals;
- 300 g of hearts;
- carrot and onion;
- cooking oil for frying;
- ½ liter of water.
Barley porridge in the Polaris multicooker is very easy to prepare:
- Hearts are thoroughly washed, while removing the film, and cut into circles.
- Shred onion finely, carrots - thin straws.
- Sunflower oil is poured into the bowl and hearts are fried in the “Baking” mode.
- Ten minutes later, chopped vegetables are placed.
- When the carrots and onions are cooked, grits, salt and spices are added.
- Water is poured, it can be replaced with vegetable or meat broth.
- Change the program to "Stew" or "Pilaf", cook one hour.
With stew
For ¼ kg of cereals you will need:
- 250 g of stew;
- 400 ml of meat broth;
- onion and carrot;
- cooking oil for frying;
- clove of garlic.
Cooking Method:
- Chop the onion finely, and carrots - on straws.
- Sunflower oil is poured into the bowl, vegetables are poured out, the “Baking” program is set and fry for no more than ten minutes.
- Then add the cereal, pour the broth, salt and pepper.
- Change the program to "Porridge" and stew for one hour.
- After a specified time, the stew and chopped garlic are sent to the barley.
- On "Preheat" cook another 60 minutes.
Porridge with rutabaga
Ingredients:
- 100 g of buckwheat;
- 60 g of pearl barley;
- one rutabaga (root vegetable similar to turnips);
- 300 ml of water;
- ½ liter of milk;
- 60 g of cow's butter.
How to cook an unusual porridge:
- Two types of cereals are poured into the bowl, water is poured, the “Porridge” program is installed for 60 minutes.
- Fifteen minutes after the start of cooking, finely chopped rutabaga is poured.
- After half an hour from the start of cooking, salt is added and milk is poured.
- After an hour, add oil, change the mode to "Heating" and cook for another half hour.
With vegetables
Ingredients:
- 80 g cereals;
- 200 milliliters of water;
- clove of garlic;
- onion and carrot;
- cooking oil for frying;
- 60 g of green beans.
Step-by-step preparation:
- Chop the onion into small pieces, rub the carrots on a coarse grater.
- Sunflower oil is poured into the bowl, vegetables are placed, the “Frying” mode is turned on, and it is cooked for five minutes.
- When the vegetables are fried, beans and chopped garlic are added.
- Three minutes later, pearl barley is poured out and slightly fried.
- Water is poured, spices and salt are added.
- Set the Extinguishing program for 50 minutes.
- After the sound signal, the “Heating” program is set for one hour.
With tomatoes
What the dish consists of:
- ¼ kg of cereals;
- 300 milliliters of water;
- carrot and bulb;
- two fresh medium-sized tomatoes;
- cooking oil for frying;
- greens.
Cooking process:
- Onions are chopped into small pieces, carrots and tomatoes are chopped on a grater.
- Vegetable oil is poured into the bowl, onions are added and cooked in the "Frying" mode.
- When the vegetable has changed color, carrots are sent to it.
- Five minutes later, tomatoes are added.
- After ten minutes, pour the cereal, pour water, add salt and spices.
- Set the mode "Extinguishing" for one hour.
- After the beep, chopped greens are added.
- Change the mode to "Preheat" and cook another 60 minutes.
Useful Tips
- If you need friable porridge, then the liquid should be 2.5 times more than cereals. For liquid barley, the ratio is 1 to 4.
- Non-soaked cereals are cooked for at least one hour, and they are thoroughly washed before cooking. After it is cooked, be sure to leave at least half an hour in the "Heating" mode.
- To make the porridge cook faster, it is recommended to soak the barley overnight so that it swells. One glass of cereal will need one liter of water.
- You can add your favorite spices or herbs to the porridge with meat. The dish will become more aromatic and tastier.
There is nothing complicated in cooking delicious pearl barley porridge in the Polaris crock-pot. The recipes that are collected in this article will help diversify the usual side dish.