Many housewives have recently become more zealous followers of wholesome and healthy food. To do this, they slightly change the technology for preparing ordinary dishes, and also include natural products (bran bread, cereals, lots of vegetables and fruits) in the menu. Try it and you cook something like that. For example, barley porridge in pots is very simple. In this article, you will find several available recipes for this healthy dish.
How to cook porridge in water, broth or milk?
Perhaps this is the simplest and most common recipe. In addition to the liquid, nothing needs to be added to the cereal (apart from the regulation of taste with salt, sugar and oil). To get dishes melting in your mouth, you need pearl barley porridge to potter for a rather long time. And in order to significantly reduce it, pre-fill dry cereal with water. For swelling, it will take from 5-6 to 9-10 hours, so it is best to do this at night.
Ingredients
- 0.5 faceted glasses of pearl barley;
- 2 liters of boiling water, hot milk or broth;
- 1 tsp without a hill of table salt;
- ¼ an ordinary glass of peeled and coarsely chopped walnuts;
- 1-2 incomplete Art. l melted butter.
Cooking steps
Rinse the grains and fill with raw cold water so that it is 2-3 cm covered. In the morning, rinse it several times and place it in pots, filling the containers halfway. Top up with liquid and put in the oven to simmer for 60 minutes. Before serving, season with salt, oil and sprinkle with nuts.
Recipe for pearl barley porridge in a pot of mushrooms
The original and rich taste of the dish is obtained when combined with other ingredients. For example, barley porridge in pots with mushrooms and vegetables is very tasty.
Ingredients
- 4 full tbsp. l dry pearl barley;
- 150 g of any raw mushrooms (preferably champignons);
- 1 medium-sized carrot;
- 1 small onion;
- 2 tbsp. l without top of sour cream;
- 2 l any vegetable oil;
- salt.
Cooking steps
Boil the cereals until half cooked. Peel the mushrooms, cut into slices and fry with chopped onions and freshly grated carrots in heated vegetable oil. Lay the pots in succession in layers of two masses. Do not forget to sprinkle lightly with salt and coat with sour cream. After that, fill the pots with hot water so that all of their contents are covered with liquid. In the process of extinguishing, all excess moisture will go to barley. Put in the oven for 35-40 minutes. If there is insufficient softness, slightly increase the cooking time.
Hearty pearl barley porridge: recipe with meat
This dish is very nutritious. You can use absolutely any meat - from tender chicken to spicy lamb. It is advisable to take into account the qualitative characteristics of the product when cooking. If the pieces are somewhat harsh, extinguish them first, before putting them in the pots, in a skillet covered with a lid until half ready.
Ingredients
- 500 g chopped pieces of any meat;
- 2 incomplete glasses of pearl barley;
- 2 tbsp. l without a hill of fat for preliminary frying of meat;
- 1 medium sized onion;
- spices (pepper, oregano, Provence herbs) ;
- salt.
Cooking steps
Fry the meat until crisp, then arrange in pots. Sprinkle it on top with half rings of onions. Salt, season with spices. Add the cereal (previously soaked overnight). Fill all products with water so that it covers the last layer by 2 cm. Stew in the oven over medium heat for at least 70-75 minutes. Such pearl barley porridge is served hot. The recipe with meat can be changed a little. To obtain a tender, delicious crust, a few minutes before cooking, lightly sprinkle the dish on top with coarsely grated cheese. Perhaps a combination with mushrooms.
Healthy assortment of beans
Barley porridge in a pot can be prepared in a slightly different way. The recipe described below involves the use of several cereals as part of a dish. Since it takes much longer to bring pearl barley to readiness in comparison with other products, you must first boil it until half cooked.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon of pearl barley;
- 1 incomplete glass of beans;
- 0.5 tablespoons of rice;
- 0.5 tablespoon buckwheat;
- 2 large onions;
- 2 medium carrots;
- 1 tbsp. l with the top of tomato paste;
- 2 tbsp. l creamy unsalted butter;
- salt;
- fragrant seasonings to taste.
Cooking steps
Soak the beans and barley separately at night. After swelling (after 10-12 hours), rinse the food several times with water. Then boil them until half cooked, drop them into a colander. Fry chopped carrots (on a grater) and onions (half rings). After lightly browning, add tomato paste to the vegetable mass. Rice and buckwheat rinse. In a large bowl, mix all the ingredients (cereals, beans and vegetable dressing), salt. Arrange in pots and fill with water, fill to a level of 1-1.5 cm above the surface of the products. Bake in the oven until cooked (about 40-50 minutes).
How to cook porridge in the form of dessert?
One of the original options is to add fruits or dried fruits to the dish. It seems unusual if pearl barley porridge is prepared with sugar in pots, right? But it turns out that such a dessert is not only tasty, but also very useful. You can take as a basis the classic recipe for water, milk or broth, presented in this article. But it is best to boil pre-soaked cereals until half ready.
Ingredients
- 1 full glass of pearl barley;
- 0.5 tablespoon of dried fruits (apples, dried apricots, prunes, dried pitted cherries, etc.);
- 1 tbsp. l candied orange;
- 2 tbsp. l with a top of unsalted butter;
- 1 large apple;
- 1 medium-sized orange;
- 3 full art. l granulated sugar;
- a pinch of table salt.
Cooking steps
Boil the cereals until a friable semi-finished mass is obtained. Pour dried fruit over boiling water, then rinse in cold water. Mix the pearl barley porridge with sugar, candied fruit and "dried". Arrange in pots, fill with water and put in the oven, setting the average temperature. Bake for 35-40 minutes. Shortly before cooking, sprinkle porridge with sugar, butter and slices of orange and apple. Gently mixing the contents of each pot, bake for another 5-7 minutes.
As you can see, from pearl barley you can cook very healthy and delicious dishes!