📥 🎢 👍🏼 How to cook oatmeal porridge in milk and water: proportions and cooking time 🉐 🙎 ⛹🏾

From childhood, we knew for sure that it was necessary to eat oatmeal for growth. In adulthood, with its help, you can maintain a figure in order. Older people prefer this dish due to its easy digestibility. But how to cook oatmeal porridge so that it does not turn into a grayish mucous mixture? After all, a properly cooked dish has a very pleasant aroma, delicate taste and mouth-watering appearance.

History of Herculean Porridge

Hercules and oatmeal are the two names for one porridge, which is made from oats. The first name stuck in the CIS thanks to the Hercules brand, under which oatmeal was produced back in the Soviet Union.

It is noteworthy that, not so long ago, oats were not considered suitable for the human diet. Most often it was used to prepare livestock feed. The Scandinavians first decided to add this product to human food in the 13th century. Then they began to cook a stew on meat broth or water using oats. And only after a long 300 years, oatmeal began to be used as porridge. Chefs began to actively experiment with the preparation of this dish, adding various additives and spices to it. At first, oatmeal porridge was prepared only on water. The tradition of adding milk to it came a little later.

Oatmeal appeared only in the 19th century. This happened thanks to the invention of a method for treating cereals with steam. Before this porridge was prepared from grains.

The main characteristics of oatmeal

Today, the correct oatmeal porridge must certainly be cooked, because very few useful substances remain in instant oatmeal.

Hercules contains such beneficial substances:

amino acids;
protein;
fats
cellulose;
carbohydrates;
ash;
starch;
mono- and disaccharides.

There are also many other useful elements, among which iodine, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, copper, zinc, sodium and B vitamins should be highlighted.

The calorie content of oatmeal is 350 kcal. Great for a wholesome breakfast.

Performs such useful functions:

Restores muscle protein thanks to amino acids.
Using fiber, you can cleanse the intestines of toxins.
A large amount of antioxidants helps slow down the aging process.

Very often, this product is recommended for peptic ulcers and gastritis, because the fiber contained in it carefully envelops the walls of the stomach.

Bunting on the water

As mentioned earlier, for the preparation of high-quality oatmeal, it is better to choose cereals that require cooking. Preparing oatmeal porridge on water in a ratio of 1: 2 (one glass of cereal will require two glasses of boiling water).

Additionally, to taste you need to add the following ingredients:

butter;
sugar;
salt.

Pour the necessary amount of water into the pan and send it to the fire. Salt and sugar are added after the water becomes hot. The flakes begin to fall asleep after boiling. Cook porridge for four minutes, stirring constantly. Cooking time may vary depending on the type of porridge that has been selected. Therefore, it is important to carefully read the instructions on the packaging.

When cooking cereal, foam begins to appear, which will be as if trying to "run away." To avoid this, you need to either remove the liquid from the fire, or just blow it on the porridge. As soon as the porridge is cooked, the fire must be turned off, add oil to it and put on plates.

Oatmeal porridge in milk

Prepare the following components:

2 cups of oatmeal;
liter of milk;
1/2 tsp salts;
50 grams of butter;
sugar to taste.

Here are the steps for making Hercules porridge in milk:

Preparing oatmeal for cooking does not require special manipulations, because they do not need to be soaked, washed or treated with boiling water.
Pour milk into an enameled pan, bring it to a boil, and then add sugar and salt.
Fill flakes, stirring porridge thoroughly. Boil the porridge for 10 minutes, until it becomes thick. You can find out how much oatmeal porridge is cooked from the instructions on the package. So, for smaller flakes, 4-6 minutes will be enough. Stir the porridge so that the flakes do not burn in the cooking process.
Ready porridge should be removed from the stove and let it brew for about 5 minutes. During this time, she will have time to acquire a pleasant and rich aroma. After that, you can add oil.

Useful tips when cooking porridge in milk

To make the porridge fragrant and tender, you need to adhere to such tips:

Many housewives cook herculean porridge with sugar, but this is absolutely not necessary, because it can be replaced with more useful alternatives (stevia, honey, dried fruits).
For a delicious meal, pick cereals from the last harvest. This information should be written on the package.
You can use both whole and condensed milk, and concentrated milk. To get a thinner Herculean porridge, you can dilute milk with water.
If unpasteurized milk is used for porridge, then it must first be boiled, and only then cook porridge on it.
Nutritionists often attribute oatmeal to people who want to lose weight. But in this case, it is better to give preference to porridge on the water.

Oven porridge in the oven

The following ingredients will be required:

2 cups of oatmeal;
3 cups of milk;
1/2 tsp salts;
butter;
sugar (or honey) to taste.

How to cook oatmeal porridge according to this recipe? Preparation includes the following steps:

Pour flakes peeled off from husks and various debris into a small pot, and then pour boiled milk. Add sugar and salt.
If you like porridge with additives more, then you can supplement it with various fruits. The dish will be original if you add boiled pumpkin to it.
Set 200 degrees and put the pot of porridge on the lower level. It will be enough 35-40 minutes to prepare aromatic porridge. The walls of the pot should be greased with vegetable oil so that the milk does not boil away.

When you take out the porridge from the oven, you can lay it on plates. Put a small piece of butter on top.

Hercules porridge in a slow cooker

In a slow cooker, the dish turns out to be incredibly tasty and aromatic. Such porridge is even easier to feed children, because it is more perceived as a sweet mousse. But there are several secrets thanks to which you can cook a really perfect porridge.

How to cook oatmeal porridge in a slow cooker? You must adhere to these rules:

You need to use the classic Hercules porridge. It is recommended to give preference to plastic transparent packages in which groats are well considered. Ideal light, which does not have dark inclusions. Plastic packaging should be chosen because it protects the flakes from moisture, while maintaining the beneficial properties of cereals throughout the year. Also, flakes in cardboard boxes may be slightly bitter during cooking (only in case of improper storage), which will never happen with flakes in polyethylene.
Before you cook the oatmeal porridge, you need to know the proportions accurately and observe them. Do not forget that during cooking, the liquid evaporates. But in a slow cooker it is not recommended to add more than two glasses of liquid to a glass of cereal, since evaporation does not occur so actively, and the porridge can turn out to be very liquid.
It is recommended to use filtered water or boiled / pasteurized milk. The fact is that oatmeal in a slow cooker can cook in two modes: “Porridge”, “Milk porridge”. Both of these modes provide only heating at a temperature of 90 degrees. Therefore, if there are doubts about the quality of water or milk, then you need to prepare them first, and only then pour them into the pan. It is possible to boil the liquid in the multicooker, choosing the “Quick warm-up” or “Rice / Pilau” mode, at which the heating temperature exceeds 100 degrees.
Keep the lid closed while cooking. This condition applies to absolutely all dishes from the multicooker.

A simple recipe for porridge in a multicooker

The simplest recipe for how to cook oatmeal porridge using a slow cooker involves the use of such ingredients:

a glass of oatmeal porridge;
a glass of milk;
glass of water;
one tbsp. l Sahara;
a pinch of salt.

Time must be set according to the model of the multicooker. The standard “Porridge” mode is also suitable for oatmeal. But the set for this mode of 50-60 minutes is a very long time, because usually the dish cooks much faster.

Stages of preparation:

Mix all the ingredients in a multicooker bowl.
Turn on the "Porridge" or "Milk porridge" mode.
Cooking time - 15-20 minutes, after that you can turn off the slow cooker and arrange the dish on plates. When serving, you can add a piece of oil.

Children's oatmeal with honey in a slow cooker

How to cook oatmeal porridge for children? A multi-cooker will also help with this task. The highlight of this recipe is that it contains harmful sugar replaced with healthy honey.

For porridge you will need:

one glass of hercules;
two glasses of milk;
three tsp honey;
50 grams of dried apricots;
50 grams of raisins;
a pinch of salt.