Want to get a hearty and healthy dish? Learn how to cook wheat porridge correctly and what to combine with.

How to cook classic wheat porridge in milk?

Cooking wheat porridge in milk is very simple. The process does not require much time and a large number of ingredients.

Required Products:

  • 400 milliliters of milk;
  • a glass of wheat groats;
  • salt, sugar and butter to taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Take a good pan with a thick bottom, pour milk into it and wait until it boils.
  2. Be sure to rinse the groats, remove all excess and pour into hot milk.
  3. Reduce the heat, add salt and sugar to your liking and bring it to a cooker under the lid for 20 minutes.

Serve recommended with butter.

Loose cooking option on the water

Loose wheat porridge on the water - the perfect breakfast or lunch for those who want to eat right.

Required Products:

  • spices and oil optional;
  • a glass of dry cereal and twice as much water.

Cooking process:

  1. We sort through the groats, rinse so that the water becomes almost transparent.
  2. Pour water into the pan. It needs to be taken twice as much as cereals.
  3. Bring to a boil, add “wheat”, add seasonings to your taste and you can immediately put the butter.
  4. Cover with a lid, make a low level of heating and bring to readiness within 20 minutes.

In a slow cooker

Porridge cereal in a slow cooker is a quick way to get a delicious breakfast. In addition, dishes prepared in this appliance better retain their beneficial properties.

Another advantage is that you do not need to constantly monitor the process.

Required Products:

  • a glass of cereal;
  • three glasses of water;
  • butter to your liking.

Cooking process:

  1. We start with the preparation of cereals.It must be washed well and clean all unnecessary. Water should be relatively clean.
  2. Pour the future porridge into the multicooking cup and cover it with water. If you want the process to go faster, you can pour in already hot liquid.
  3. Add salt and other spices, herbs as you wish.
  4. We turn on the device in the "Milk porridge" mode for 40 minutes and wait until the dish is completely ready.
  5. If after the indicated time there is still liquid, then turn on the crock-pot again, but already in the “Heating” mode for 20 minutes.

Serve the dish with butter.

With pumpkin

If you like pumpkin, then be sure to use this recipe.

Essential Ingredients:

  • liter of milk;
  • two glasses of wheat groats;
  • a piece of oil;
  • about 300 grams of pumpkin;
  • 120 milliliters of water;
  • spices to your taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Let's start with the preparation of products. The pumpkin needs to be peeled off of the skin and seeds, washed and chopped into small pieces.
  2. We also rinse the groats, remove all excess and pour it into water previously brought to a boil. It is advisable to salt it a bit ahead of time.
  3. Pour milk into this mixture, add the pumpkin and bring everything to a boil.
  4. Now you can lower the heating level, cover the container and cook the dish for about 20 minutes, until all the liquid has evaporated.

Before serving, let the porridge stand for a while and be sure to season it with butter.

Cooking porridge in the oven from wheat grits

You can make this porridge in the oven only in a pot, but on milk or water - choose at your discretion.

Required Products:

  • salt and sugar as desired;
  • one glass of cereal;
  • butter about 25 grams;
  • two glasses of water.

The cooking process:

  1. Rinse the cereal, it is advisable to do this three times so that the water is almost clean. Distribute it in pots.
  2. Fill with water so that it covers the contents about two times, but is not until the tank is completely cut. Add any selected spices.
  3. It is not necessary to cover the pots. Put them in the oven, heated to 200 degrees, for 20 minutes - during which time the contents should boil. As soon as this happens, you can lower the heat to 150 degrees and hold the porridge for another 10 minutes.

If the mass turned out to be damp - add more water and cook further. When the dish has cooled slightly, you can eat it, seasoning with oil.

Hearty porridge with meat

Everyone is used to eating cereal for breakfast, but this option will likely become a hearty dinner for the whole family.

Required Products:

  • 400 grams of any meat;
  • a glass of wheat groats;
  • carrot and two cloves of garlic;
  • about 700 milliliters of water;
  • seasoning to your taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Rinse the selected meat well, remove grease, films and other excess parts. Grind it into small pieces.
  2. Put them in a pre-heated pan, season with spices as you wish and bring to a beautiful ruddy color.
  3. Carrots need to be peeled, grated and put on the meat. Mix everything thoroughly and fry until the vegetable becomes soft.
  4. Then pour the groats there, fill everything with water so that it covers food for about two centimeters.
  5. Add spices again, chopped garlic and wait for the contents of the pan to boil.
  6. After that, set the heating level to the minimum value and cook under the lid until all the liquid has evaporated and the porridge is soft and crumbly.

With vegetables

This cereal is combined with almost all vegetablestherefore you can safely experiment. But it’s best to use vegetables seasonally — cheaper and more beneficial.

Necessary products for the dish:

  • carrots and onions;
  • a glass of wheat groats;
  • one zucchini;
  • Bell pepper;
  • two tomatoes;
  • clove of garlic;
  • two glasses of water.

Cooking process:

  1. All vegetables, if necessary, peeled, washed and chopped: three carrots, and cut the rest into cubes.
  2. In a hot pan, we begin to extinguish everything in turn. Stew, not fry, so that there is juice.Therefore, the fire should be below average.
  3. We start with onions, then put carrots, zucchini, peppers, chopped garlic and finish with tomatoes.
  4. Pour the washed cereal into the pan, add water, seasonings to your liking and bring to readiness for 20 minutes so that the liquid evaporates.
  5. Pour the prepared porridge to the stewed vegetables, mix, turn off the heat and let stand
  • Irina

    But is millet and wheat groats the same thing? In the photo - millet, the recipe - from wheat.)))