Corn porridge in a slow cooker - 6 recipes

Corn porridge is a unique and very tasty dish. There are many different recipes for its preparation: just in milk, with dried fruits, meat, cheese. Corn porridge in a slow cooker is especially good.

It will not be difficult to cook it, if you use one of our recipes and learn a few tricks of its preparation:

• porridge will be tastier if stored in a dry and not too warm room;
• do not soak the cereal, just rinse it before cooking;
• if you like liquid porridge, then cereals and water should be taken in a proportion of one to five, and for a thick consistency, the ratio should be one to three;
• ready-made corn porridge, if it is too thick, can be mixed before serving with kefir;
• for cooking, it is recommended to take a saucepan with thick walls;
• be sure to stir the porridge during cooking.

Milk corn porridge in a slow cooker. The best recipe for kids

A significant part of the housewives increasingly prefer cooking with a slow cooker. Use our recipe.

• cow's milk - 3 cups;
• drinking water - 3 glasses;
• corn grits - 1 cup;
• granulated sugar - about 3-4 tablespoons;
• refined oil - 1 tablespoon;
• butter - to serve, to taste.

The recipe for making porridge is very simple.

1. We rinse the groats under cold running water (usually it is quite clean, pay attention to its quality when buying).
2. We send milk and water to the capacity of the multicooker.
3. Add sugar and cereal.
4. Pour a little vegetable oil into the bowl.
5. We select the "Porridge" mode, set the cooking time 35-40 minutes, close the lid.
6. You can do other things, and corn porridge in a slow cooker will be cooked practically without your participation.It will be good if in the middle of the cooking process you look into the bowl and stir it a little, adding milk, if necessary.

Milk corn porridge will appeal not only to children, but also to adults. It is good for serving breakfast and dinner.

On the water

This recipe deserves your attention, as it is easy to execute and porridge cooked in this way goes well with lean poultry, cheese sauce, nuts and dried fruits.

• groats - 200 g;
• drinking water, purified - 700-1300 ml;
• salt to taste;
• butter (for serving)

Actions:

1. To begin with, rinse the cereals, pour water into the pan and bring it to a boil.
2. Pour the cereal with constant stirring in boiling salted water.
3. We reduce the heat to the maximum and cook for about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally.

With the addition of dried fruit

Dried fruits will give an interesting taste to porridge in water or milk. It is recommended to take raisins, prunes, dried apricots.

There are two ways to cook corn porridge.

1. Add the washed dried fruits after you put the porridge on plates and grease it with oil.
2. Another option is to put dried fruits in a pan with porridge 20 minutes before the end of readiness.

With pumpkin

Corn porridge combines with pumpkin as well as millet. The whole family will appreciate this breakfast dish.

For cooking, take:

• corn grits - 1 cup;
• cow's milk - 750 ml;
• pumpkin (chopped into a grater, or cut into pieces) - 250-300 g;
• salt and sugar to taste;
• butter / ghee.

Actions:

1. We prepare cereals: rinse, fry in a dry frequent frying pan (without adding oil). Frying will make the taste of this cereal brighter.
2. Pour milk into a saucepan with thick walls and bring to a boil, after which we carefully pour the cereal into it and let it stand for 20-30 minutes.
3. Sprinkle the peeled and ground pumpkin with sugar and, having waited until it gives the juice, cook it for several minutes.
4. We shift the pumpkin into a saucepan with grits and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes.
5. We spread the porridge on plates, flavored with oil.

How to cook in a slow cooker with meat?

Corn porridge goes well not only with fruits, but also with minced meat. Let's try to cook it in a slow cooker.

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For cooking you will need:

• corn grits - 250 g;
• drinking water - 750 ml;
• pork / poultry - 300-400 g;
• onions and carrots - one each;
• salt, spices, herbs - to taste;
• refined vegetable oil - 1 tbsp.

Actions:

1. We prepare everything we need: we wash the cereals, cut the meat into small cubes, finely chop the onions and herbs, rub the carrots.
2. Pour vegetable oil at the bottom of the multicooker and process meat for ten minutes using the “frying” mode. After the meat is cooked, add salt and spices to it.
3. Add chopped vegetables to the meat and fry with the meat for about 5 minutes.
4. Next, we send clean cereals to the bowl along with three glasses of water.
5. We select the porridge mode and set the cooking time to 40 minutes.
6. At the end of cooking, you can immediately add greens and let the porridge stand for another 7-10 minutes, without turning off the multicooker.
7. Another option: put the greens on the table so that your household can put it in their plate in the right amount.

With cheese

This porridge is extremely tasty if you add cheese to it.

We will need:

• corn grits - 350 g;
• drinking water - 1 liter;
• salt and herbs to taste;
• vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
• hard cheese (anyone will do, from parmesan to feta cheese) - 100-150 g.

Actions:

1. Rinse cereals, grate cheese.
2. Pour water into the multicooker bowl, send the grits there, salt.
3. Add a little vegetable oil (so that the porridge does not burn).
4. On the indicator, select the "porridge" mode, the cooking time is 40 minutes.
5. Arrange the prepared porridge on plates, add butter, cheese, greens.

Features of cooking in the slow cooker: Polaris, Redmond

1. In the multicooker Polaris, for the preparation of corn porridge, you should choose the "rice" mode, the cooking time is 40 minutes. In Redmond models, choose the porridge mode.
2. If you use the frying mode for cooking porridge with meat in the Redmond multicooker, it should be borne in mind that the choice of “5 minutes” on the cooking time indicator will allow the meat to fry for twenty minutes, so you must follow the cooking of this dish in this mode.