Pearl barley may seem a rather uninteresting product, and a small number of its adherents serve as evidence of this. But in fact, the whole secret of an ideal dish from this porridge lies in the simplest rules for its preparation. And the multicooker will help with this - a kitchen device, which can significantly facilitate the work of the hostess. Preparing barley in a slow cooker is simple, fast and very tasty.
Milk porridge
Begins our selection of recipes with photo barley in a slow cooker in milk. For a dish we take:
- A glass of cereal.
- 400-430 ml of milk.
- 18 g of sugar.
- A couple of grams of salt.
- 10 g plums. oils.
We rinse the cereal in several waters and soak it for a couple of hours. Then we drain the liquid, and rinse the barley again. Pour it into the bowl of the device, pour in the milk, add sugar and add a little. Choose the mode "Stew" or "Milk porridge" and cook for an hour. After the crock-pot beeps, open the lid, stir in the butter and leave for 15 minutes. And to make breakfast even tastier, you can put a few berries on a plate. In general, recipes for barley in a slow cooker with milk can be different - dishes are seasoned with maple syrup, honey, fruits, nuts and dried fruits are added.
Delicious side dish
Consider how to cook barley in a slow cooker for a side dish. You will need such products:
- 2 cups cereals.
- A quarter pack of plums. oils.
- 400-450 ml of water.
- A couple of grams of salt.
First you need to prepare the grits. Wash it thoroughly and soak in water overnight. After the specified time, pour the barley into the bowl of the device, pour warm water, salt and select the desired program. It will take about two hours to prepare a loose side dish. Ready porridge is seasoned with oil, mix and serve.
Pearl barley
We’ll prepare barley in the Redmond multicooker with pork. The following ingredients are needed for the dish:
- A pair of multi-glass cereals.
- 0.25 kg of pork.
- Carrot.
- Bulb.
- 650 ml of broth or water.
- A couple of grams of salt.
- Cube of butter.
Pour the washed cereal with water and leave for about a third of an hour. In the meantime, doing vegetables. Peel the carrots and rub them on a beetroot grater. Cut the husk from the onion and chop arbitrarily. We wash the meat, remove all the films and cut into small pieces. We oil the device’s bowl, turn on the “Frying” program and cook the meat for several minutes so that it is browned. Then we spread the prepared vegetables and continue to pass for another 10 minutes. Pour barley, pour in broth / water, add salt to taste. Mix the contents. We select the "Extinguishing" mode, set the timer on the timer - 45 minutes. Cooking barley in a slow cooker until the sound signal.
Barley porridge with beef in spicy sauce
For barley with meat in a slow cooker, take:
- a couple of glasses of cereal;
- 0.4 kg of beef;
- onion;
- carrot root;
- a couple of tablespoons of oil;
- 3 parsley roots;
- chili pod;
- half a liter of broth;
- 2-3 g of salt.
We chop the chopped carrots and onions into the bowl of the device. Add sliced meat, parsley root and a few slices of chili. Fry everything in oil for 15-17 minutes. Then pour the washed cereal. Pour in the broth - it should cover the products by about a centimeter. We turn on the "Extinguishing" mode and cook porridge for an hour. After the slow cooker gives a signal, leave the pearl barley in the slow cooker under the lid for another 15 minutes.
Tourist lunch
Next, find out how to cook barley in a slow cooker with stew. For the dish you will need:
- A pair of glasses of cereal.
- 5 glasses of water.
- Carrot root
- Stew.
- A couple of grams of salt.
- Spices to taste.
We leave groats in water for about 10 hours. Then thoroughly rinse and discard in a colander. Peel the carrots and chop the straws or slices. We choose the program "Frying" and cook the vegetables for a quarter of an hour until the crust appears. We take out the stew from the can and knead with a fork. Pour the cereal, then canned food, pour in the indicated amount of water, salt and, if desired, put spices. Cooking porridge in the "Pilaf", "Stew" or "Grain" mode. Time - 1 hour 40 minutes. After the signal sounds, turn on the “Preheat” mode and simmer the dish for another 30 minutes. This is one of the simplest recipes for barley in a slow cooker, which allows you to cook a very tasty and nutritious dish.
Barley with mushrooms
We will need:
- Multi-glass cereals.
- 0.4 kg of fresh mushrooms.
- Bulb.
- A pair of multi-glasses of water.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- 1-2 g of pepper.
- A couple of tablespoons of fat for frying.
In the evening, soak the pearl barley and leave it in the refrigerator, rinse the next morning. Free the onion from the husk, chop finely and cook in the "Frying" mode in vegetable oil for 6-7 minutes. After it acquires a golden hue, spread the mushrooms cut into thin slices. Cook with the lid closed for 15 minutes. After the specified time, add the cereal and fill everything with water. Add salt, put pepper. Install the program "Pilaf", time - 40 minutes. Cook under the lid until a beep. To make the porridge more tender, it is advisable to hold it for 20 minutes in the "Heating" mode.
Barley with vegetables
Continues the selection of barley recipes in a slow cooker with a photo option with the addition of vegetables. We will need:
- Multi-glass cereals.
- 600 ml of water.
- Large eggplant.
- 2 tomatoes.
- Carrot.
- 3 cloves of garlic.
- 35 ml rust oils (preferably odorless).
- 2-3 g of salt.
Thoroughly wash the cereal until clear water. If you have ordinary barley (not in cooking bags), then it is advisable to soak it overnight in warm water. Then we discard it in a colander and rinse again. Cut the eggplant into small cubes and leave in salted water for a quarter of an hour. During this time, the vegetable must give its bitterness. After which it must be washed again with water. We are engaged in tomatoes - we cut them into small pieces. If you want to get a more homogeneous porridge, then you can previously peel the tomatoes. To do this, they should be lowered into boiling water, blanched for 30 seconds, and then make cross-shaped incisions in the area of attachment of the stem. After this procedure, a thin peel is easily removed with a conventional knife. Pour oil into the bowl of the device and pass the carrots in the "Frying" mode. Five minutes later, lay out the pieces of eggplant. Remove the husk from the garlic, chop the cloves with thin slices and also send to the slow cooker. Fry under the lid for several minutes. After the vegetables become rosy, add chopped tomatoes. Stir and after a couple of minutes pour the groats. Fill everything with the indicated amount of water (you can immediately hot), salt. Set the "Pilaf" mode and cook the dish for an hour. Barley in a slow cooker with vegetables is ready!
Pearl barley pilaf with minced meat
For the dish you need to take:
- A couple of multi-glass cereals.
- Two onions and carrots.
- 0.5 kg of minced meat.
- 15-20 g of oil.
- A head of garlic.
- Seasonings for pilaf.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- Fresh greens.
Another fairly simple recipe for pearl barley with meat in a slow cooker, according to which, for starters, it is necessary to mash the minced meat, add a little salt, disassemble into small pieces and form balls from them. Then remove the husks from the bulbs and chop. We clean the carrots and rub on beetroot grater. Pour oil into the bowl of the device, put the onion and pass until golden brown on the "Frying" program with the lid open. Do not forget to stir so that the vegetables do not burn. After 2-3 minutes, add chopped carrots, then minced meat balls. Fry all 15 minutes. Sort and rinse the groats. Pour it into the slow cooker. Pour everything with boiling water - the water should break the food by about a centimeter. Spread whole cloves of peeled garlic. Season with spices and salt. Cook in Pilaf mode for about an hour. After the multicooker gives a signal, open the lid, let off steam and simmer the porridge for another 20 minutes in the "Heating" mode. Sprinkle the prepared pilaf with chopped herbs.
Barley with chicken in a multicooker pressure cooker
The following recipe is suitable for cooking barley in a 900 W pressure cooker with a pressure cooker. We will need:
- 0.6 kg of chicken meat;
- A pair of multi-glass cereals.
- A pair of onion heads.
- Carrot root
- 35 ml of olive oil.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- Bay leaf.
Free the bulbs from the husks and chop them into a small cube. Peel the carrots, wash and grate the beetroot. We turn on the "Frying" mode, pour in vegetable oil and cook vegetables with the lid open for five minutes. Rinse the meat thoroughly, cut off the fat and the skin, cut arbitrarily. We spread the chicken to the vegetables and with constant stirring, fry for 5 minutes more. Add pure barley to the slow cooker. Add a bay leaf, bring to taste, adding salt. Fill with water, close the lid, the valve through which the steam comes out, set to "High pressure". We cook the dish in the "Pilaf / Stew" mode. Time is 20 minutes. As soon as the sound signal sounds, disconnect the device from the network, open the valve and leave the porridge under the lid for a while. Once it has cooled sufficiently, the lid will open.
Barley porridge with pumpkin and garlic
Consider how to cook aromatic barley in a slow cooker with pumpkin. We will need:
- 130 g of cereal.
- 150 g pumpkin.
- 2-3 g of salt.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- Bulb.
- 1 g nutmeg.
- A few branches of dill.
- 1 g ground pepper.
- 25 ml sunflower oils.
- Water.
We thoroughly rinse the cereal so that the liquid leaves completely transparent, and fill it with water, leave it for 12 hours, the field of which is boiled over a minimum heat for 40 minutes in the "Extinguishing" mode. After the specified time, turn off the device. We clean the pumpkin and cut into small cubes. Spread to porridge and salt. Add chopped garlic, spices and butter. If necessary, add a little water. Mix everything and cook in the "Extinguishing" mode for another 15-20 minutes. Put the finished dish on a plate and sprinkle with finely chopped greens. As you can see in the photo, you can add green peas to the barley in the slow cooker with pumpkin - it will make the dish brighter and more appetizing.
Useful Tips
Barley is a product that requires special processing. Otherwise, porridge will not be crumbly and tasty. The following recommendations will help you here.
- Before boiling barley in a slow cooker, it must be washed in cold water. In this case, it is desirable to change it 6-7 times, so that the last time the liquid is completely clean and transparent.
- For cooking, use clean water. And it can be both mineral water without gases, and filtered. It is also allowed to use boiled defended.
- Immediately before cooking, the pearl barley should be doused with steep boiling water - thanks to this reception, the porridge will boil faster.
- So that all the starch leaves the cereal and the finished dish becomes lighter and more useful, it must be soaked in warm water for several hours.
- Porridge will turn out tasty (it will not break apart and become watery) if the proportions are correctly calculated: 2.5 parts of water / milk / broth are added to 1 part of pearl barley.
- To increase the nutritional properties, a dish is usually seasoned with butter: creamy or olive. You can also add various ingredients to it: mushrooms, meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, etc.
- To prepare this cereal in a slow cooker, you must select the correct program. Depending on the model of the device, this can be the mode of "Stewing", "Baking", "Pilaf", "Grain", "Rice". If you are preparing barley in a Redmond multicooker, then the Rice / Croup program is selected.
- In a slow cooker, this porridge cooks faster than in a conventional slow cooker - in about 20-25 minutes.
- And in order to make the taste of the finished dish more saturated, after the sound signal it is left for some time under the lid in the "Heating" or "Heat" mode. In many devices, this program turns on automatically after a timer expires.