In everyday life, most of us prefer to cook simple dishes at home, which do not require much effort and time. But the simplicity of cooking does not mean that the food will be tasteless, because even using the most ordinary products, you can cook a real culinary miracle. An example of such a very simple but tasty dish is buckwheat with minced meat.
To prepare this dish it will not take much time, especially if you have at your disposal ready-made loose buckwheat porridge cooked in advance. How to cook such porridge? Everything is quite simple here, but there are still a few nuances that must be taken into account.
For the preparation of loose buckwheat, we need one and a half glasses of cereal, three glasses of water, salt and butter to taste.
First, measure the required amount of cereal with a glass or any other measure. Then the croup should be sorted out. Despite the fact that today they sell mainly “pure” buckwheat, you should not spare time for sorting out cereals, as a small pebble that has got into the porridge can cause a lot of trouble. Then the cereal should be washed, but there is no need to soak the buckwheat before cooking. Many people consider it necessary to fry buckwheat in a dry pan. But since today groats prepared in cooking are sold in stores, there is no need for this operation.
Cooking buckwheat porridge is best in a pan with a thick bottom or a cauldron. We put the cereal in the container, pour water at the rate, salt. If desired, you can put a bay leaf in the water. We put the pan on the fire and, when the water boils, reduce the heating to weak. Buckwheat is boiled for about fifteen minutes. In the finished porridge, add a little butter.
It is even easier to cook buckwheat porridge in a slow cooker. To do this, it is enough to put the washed cereal in the bowl of the device, add salt and pour water as normal. Then close the lid of the multicooker, turn on the mode, which is called "buckwheat porridge". After the timer signal, we get ready crumbly porridge.
So, buckwheat porridge is ready for us, now we need to prepare the stuffing. To do this, fry a finely chopped onion in a pan in butter or vegetable oil, then add minced meat to the onion and fry it, preventing the formation of lumps. Stuffing should be salt and pepper, you can add other seasonings to taste. When the mince is ready, put the buckwheat porridge to it, mix and simmer over low heat for another five minutes. Our buckwheat with minced meat is ready, you can lay it on plates and serve. Fans can eat such porridge with tomato or any other sauce, although buckwheat with minced meat is tasty and without additional additives.
But how to cook buckwheat with minced meat, if there is no ready-made cereal? In this case, you can make this dish in a different way. Buckwheat with minced meat will turn out to be especially tasty if vegetables and mushrooms are added to the porridge during the cooking process.
So, for a glass of raw buckwheat, we take 300-400 grams of minced meat, two hundred grams of fresh champignons, honey mushrooms or other mushrooms, one large tomato (or a couple of tablespoons of tomato sauce), one onion and carrot, a couple of bell pepper pods. In addition, we need 2 cups of water or meat broth, a piece of butter, spices and salt.
You can cook this dish in a pan with deep sides or in a casserole. Fry the minced meat in oil, then add the onions, carrots, and Bulgarian pepper to it one by one (it is better to cut the vegetables smaller, however, this is a matter of taste). Then put chopped mushrooms and chopped tomato or tomato sauce to vegetables and meat. Stir, pour water or broth, salt and season, then pour in buckwheat and smooth it on the surface, without mixing it with vegetables. After the water boils, cover the dishes with a lid and reduce the heat. Cook for about half an hour. Then turn off the heat and mix everything. Our fragrant buckwheat porridge with minced meat and vegetables is ready. Serve it to the table is, sprinkled with herbs and garnished with slices of fresh cucumbers and tomatoes.