Barley is not only affordable cereals, but also a real storehouse of vitamins and minerals. Despite the fact that in ancient times it was called "rice for men," it still remained a dish for the kings. By the way, croup came to the royal table only after it was soaked for 12 hours in water, boiled for an hour in milk and 2 hours stewed in a Russian oven, seasoned with cream.
During the war, pearl barley was part of the soldiers ’diet, but was considered tough and tasteless cereal. At that time, no one prepared it according to the traditional royal recipe, did not insist, did not languish. But if you cook pearl barley in the oven correctly, according to the classic Russian recipe for the oven, you can actually feel like a king or queen, having tasted the dish.
List of Essential Ingredients
To prepare you will need:
- 260 g of pearl barley;
- 250 ml of water;
- 6 pieces of chicken drumsticks;
- salt;
- a pinch of ground pepper;
- 80 g of fat.
The ingredient composition is simple, but this does not negate the great taste of the dish.
To make the marinade, take:
- two tablespoons of mild adjika;
- a couple of cloves of garlic;
- two large heads of onions;
- ground black pepper;
- 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise.
Oven pearl barley recipe
The modern hostess is no worse than the tsar’s cooks, therefore she knows for sure that the barley should be soaked for 3-4 hours before cooking, filled with cold water. After that, put the pan with the grits on the fire, bring to a boil, reduce the gas and cook for 15 minutes. Add a pinch of salt, pour ground black pepper to taste, cover the dishes with a lid, wrap in a towel and leave it in this state until morning.
The next day we cook barley in the oven. To begin with, wash and dry the chicken drumsticks. Combine in a separate container all the ingredients for the marinade. Grind garlic and onion very finely with a knife.
Marinate the chicken for a couple of hours. We spread pearl barley overnight in pots. Add chicken there. Pour boiling water. Water should be flush with the cereal. Add finely chopped bacon cubes to the pot. Pour a few tablespoons of marinade, in which until recently there was meat.
Barley is being prepared with chicken in a pot in the oven at a temperature of 200 ° C. The time is 50 minutes. After the "royal porridge" is ready, wrap it and leave it to languish for an hour. Serve a dish with lots of herbs, fresh vegetables and homemade sour cream.
Features of barley preparation
There are several basic rules for the preparation of this cereal. The knowledge of these will allow a novice and inexperienced housewife to properly prepare barley with chicken in the oven, with stew in a pan, porridge with vegetables in a slow cooker, and so on.
This type of cereal requires preliminary soaking. Ideally for pearl barley - 9-12 hours. Before soaking, it is recommended to sort through the cereal, removing dark particles. When the cereal absorbs almost all the liquid, it is ready for cooking.
During cooking on fire, it is recommended to monitor the volume of liquid, preventing porridge from burning. And during the cooking of pearl barley with chicken in the oven this is not required.
Croup is cooked long enough, does not like rush. Once the side dish has a grayish tint, you can add butter to it, mix and turn off the heat.
Related Ingredients
Barley porridge is very tasty, not only in combination with chicken. In addition to chicken, mushrooms can also be put in a pot. It is better if they are forest mushrooms, which are famous for a more saturated and vibrant aroma. You can take the usual store mushrooms, if there is no way to go to the nearest forest for a quiet hunt.
If we talk about meat, then for cooking in pots, duck, lamb, tender beef and the classic version - pork are perfect. If it is necessary to prepare a dietary, lean and low-calorie version of pearl barley, then we recommend putting vegetables instead of meat. For example, zucchini, sweet bell pepper, and eggplant will perfectly combine with pearl barley.