If porridge is a rare guest in your diet, then you just have not learned how to cook them well. Tender, rich, soft, with an unsurpassed creamy taste - porridge is a healthy dish that nourishes and heals our body. There are many recipes on how to cook wheat porridge on water, prepare a side dish or an independent dish from it. Below we offer several options.
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How to cook wheat porridge on water in a pan
This is the most common and affordable cooking method. Of course, many factors will influence the final result, even if the list of ingredients is followed. For example, the choice of pots and proportions of water.
So, you need:
• water (0.5 l);
• wheat groats (for example, Artek);
• salt (1 tablespoon);
• butter (30-45 g).
How to cook:
1. If you choose packaged cereals, then you will not need to clear it of sand and debris, however, it is necessary to thoroughly rinse the product.
2. Cereals are soaked as usual. This reduces the time of their preparation and achieve a better consistency. Soak wheat groats for at least half an hour.
3. Pour water into a pot with a thick bottom or in a cast-iron cauldron and bring it to a boil. To salt.
4. As soon as the water boils, pour strained cereals into it.
5. Allow to boil again, then reduce the heat and cook the porridge under the lid until cooked.
6. The average cooking time is 45 minutes.
7.Another cooking tactic is also possible: boil the cereal for half an hour, then remove from heat and leave for another 15-20 minutes to infuse. It turns out delicious friable wheat porridge.
8. Serve in portions, pre-adding oil.
Cooking Recipe
If you prefer to cook wheat porridge in a slow cooker, the cooking process will largely depend on the device itself and its settings.
The list of ingredients will not differ much from the composition in the previous recipe:
• Arnautka groats (slightly larger than Artek) - 1 cup;
• water - 3 glasses;
• salt to taste;
• vegetable or butter (not less than 50 g).
How to cook:
1. Rinse cereals.
2. You can take any measured dishes (faceted glass, cup). It is important to measure the amount of cereals and water in the same containers. Volume 1: 3. These proportions must be observed.
3. Pour warm, almost hot water into the multicooker, add the cereal, salt and set the “Cereals” program (it is usual in all devices).
4. The convenience of the device allows you to be distracted by your affairs. The main thing, true, is to choose a program that independently determines how much to cook wheat porridge. As usual, 30 minutes is enough.
5. Add oil and bon appetit!
Wheat grits
Below is a recipe for perfectly soft and tender porridge that is cooked in the oven. The instruction is very simple. Even if you first decided to cook this dish in this way, you will definitely get an amazing result.
Ingredients:
• medium-sized grits ("Artek") - one and a half glasses;
• onion;
• medium carrots;
• salt;
• spices;
• broth (vegetable, meat) or water - 3 glasses.
How to cook:
1. Rinse porridge several times (until the water is clear).
2. Take the cooking utensils in the oven (always with a lid and preferably ceramic) and transfer the expressed, clean groats to it.
3. Peel the vegetables, cut to your taste and lightly fry in butter. Mix cereal with vegetables. Salt and fill with water and put in the oven.
4. Set the temperature to 200 degrees.
5. Porridge should be cooked for about one hour. Then you can turn off the oven, leave the dish to obscure and cool at the same time.
6. The output is an amazing side dish, soft, rich, very fragrant. Ideal for meat or fish. You can eat as an independent dish in the post.
Hearty Meat Dish
The most nutritious dishes are cereal based with the addition of meat, in the manner of pilaf.
You can also prepare a similar treat from wheat grits:
• cereal (one glass);
• meat (beef, pork, chicken - to your taste) - from 200 g;
• garlic (to taste);
• carrot;
• large onion;
• water - at least 3 glasses;
• spices (bay leaf, black pepper and allspice);
• salt;
• vegetable oil.
How to cook:
1. For cooking, use a cast iron cauldron with a lid or other utensils with a thick bottom.
2. Lightly fry finely chopped onions in oil, add grated carrots to it.
3. Cut the meat into cubes and send to the vegetables. Fry until liquid evaporates.
4. Next, you need to add water and spices, stew the meat until cooked. As you quench, you can add more water.
5. As soon as the meat is fully cooked, pour cereal to it, mix and pour water.
6. After boiling water, make a slow fire and cook until cooked under a closed lid (at least 15-20 minutes).
7. The dish should also be infused for at least 15 minutes after it has been removed from the heat.
Loose porridge for weight loss
Croup has a beneficial effect on the human body and is effective in losing weight. It saturates well and for a long time, allows you to control appetite, and therefore prevents overeating, which leads to weight gain.
To cook porridge for weight loss, you need to take care of the optimal number of calories in it.It is best to use the following low-calorie recipe:
• cereal;
• water;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1-2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil.
Porridge improves the digestive system, allowing food to be digested faster, stimulates the release of enzymes and speeds up metabolism. With all this, it does not cause jumps in blood sugar, which is also the prevention of overeating.
How many calories in wheat porridge
Croup contains about 12 grams of high-quality vegetable protein, very few fats (1.3 grams) and a lot of complex carbohydrates (62 grams). All together provides the product with high biological value and nutritional value, but at the same time, optimal calorie content - 316 calories per 100 grams of cereal.
The calorie content of 100 grams of cooked porridge cooked on water is 105.3 kcal, provided that 80 grams of cereal and 160 grams of water were used. The nutritional value of the product increases significantly if vegetable or butter, milk, nuts, and dried fruits are added to porridge.
The secrets of making delicious porridge
To cook a really tasty porridge, you must adhere to simple, but important rules.
1. First, the right approach to the choice of utensils. Pots with a thick bottom and a tight lid are great for rich porridges. Also a great option is heat-resistant ceramic dishes, cast-iron cauldrons.
2. Secondly, the cereal requires soaking. This improves its taste, reduces cooking time and generally simplifies the cooking process.
3. Thirdly, porridge must be cooked over low heat and languished for a long time, trying not to mix at all. It is best to eat porridge after it has been infused for 10-14 minutes and has become soft.
The correct proportions of water and cereals
Often, packaging of packaged products provides instructions for cooking cereals, where the minimum ratio of dry product to liquid is often 1: 2, although in practice much more water may be required (if the porridge has not been soaked before).
How to cook wheat porridge
It is enough to cook the cereal, which has been presoaked for several hours, over low heat for about 20 minutes. Then leave it so that the porridge infuses and absorbs the remaining liquid. Be sure to flavor with butter and you can enjoy its great taste.
