Barley Porridge With Vegetables: Step-by-step Recipes, Including In A Slow Cooker And With Mushrooms, Photo And Video

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Four interesting recipes for barley porridge with vegetables

Such a simple, unassuming-looking pearl barley … It would seem: what can be prepared from it? Cook the porridge and add it to the soup. And we offer you some very interesting recipes for pearl barley porridge with vegetables, which will surely conquer you with their simplicity and excellent taste.

Content

• 1 Simple barley with vegetables

• 2 Barley porridge in a slow cooker

  2.1 Video: barley with vegetables in a slow cooker

• 3 Barley porridge with mushrooms in the oven

• 4 Porridge from 4 cereals "Monastyrskaya"

  4.1 Video recipe for monastery porridge

Simple barley with vegetables

Some housewives do not like to cook barley porridge: in their opinion, it is too sticky. And we will now prepare a truly crumbly barley.

The secret of loose pearl barley is simple, and we will now tell it

You will need:

• ½ cup pearl barley;
• 6 glasses of water;
• 1 large carrot;
• 200 g green peas;
• 30 g butter;
• 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

Choose only high-quality cereals from a trusted manufacturer.

1. Rinse the barley thoroughly, then dip it in boiling water (3 glasses). As soon as the water boils again, cook the cereals for 5-7 minutes, then drain.

   

   Rinse the barley thoroughly, this is one of the rules so that it does not stick together

2. At this point, you need to boil 3 more glasses of water in a separate bowl. Pour the barley with it, cover the pan with a lid and cook for 20 minutes. in such a time the pearl barley will not be cooked, it will be in the "al dente" state.

3. Drain the water again, leaving just a little. Salt the porridge, put a piece of butter in it, stir and leave under the lid to rise for 10-15 minutes. You can wrap the pot in a towel or place it in an oven preheated to no more than 80 ° C.

   

   But a piece of butter and some time in the warmth will make the pearl barley crumbly

4. Now fry the diced carrots in vegetable oil. Pour in frozen peas, heat well.

   

   Fry vegetables for porridge

5. Add barley to vegetables and stir. Simmer for 5-10 minutes without closing the lids. If you add soy sauce, it will taste spicy.

   

   Mix vegetables with barley and simmer a little more

It seems to me that this recipe will be even better if you add onions to fried vegetables. Just do not overdo it with vegetable oil, otherwise the pearl barley will acquire the very stickiness that many do not like.

Barley porridge in a slow cooker

If you have a slow cooker at home, be sure to cook barley with vegetables in it. But pre-washed cereals must be soaked in cool water for at least 10 hours.

In order for the pearl barley to cook well, it must be soaked for a long time

You will need:

• 100 g of pearl barley;
• 300 ml of water;
• 1 tomato;
• 50 g carrots;
• 5 g garlic;
• 30 g of onions;
• 30 ml of sunflower oil;
• salt, bay leaf - to taste.

1. Peel the onion, cut it into small slices. Saute it for about 4 minutes in a little oil in the multicooker bowl in the "Fry" mode.

   

   Pass the onion on the "Fry" mode

2. Add grated carrots there. Stir well and continue to sauté for 2 minutes.

   

   Stew vegetables for a while

3. Remove the skin from the tomato by scalding it with boiling water. Cut into cubes and toss in a fry, stir, fry for 2 minutes. Turn off the multicooker.

4. Drain the water from the barley, rinse. Add to frying, put a clove of garlic, peeling it but not cutting it.

   

   A clove of garlic will add flavor to the porridge.

5. Salt the future porridge, fill it with water. Throw in a bay leaf. Set the "Pilaf" mode and the time 1 hour.

   

   Cook porridge on the "Pilaf" mode

6. When the porridge is cooked, stir it with a wooden spatula. Serve with fish - barley is the perfect garnish for it!

   

   Barley goes well with fried fish

Video: barley with vegetables in a slow cooker

Barley porridge with mushrooms in the oven

If we are talking about lean dishes, then the combination of pearl barley, vegetables and mushrooms can be called ideal. Especially if such porridge is cooked in the oven.

You will need:

• 1 glass of pearl barley;
• 150 g fresh champignons;
• 1 carrot;
• 1 onion;
• 5 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

Also, prepare pickles. But this is already for decorating the porridge after its preparation.

1. Pour boiling water over the thoroughly washed cereals and leave while you fry mushrooms with vegetables.

   

   Pour boiling water over the barley

2. Peel, rinse and slice the mushrooms, grate the carrots and cut the onions into quarters. Fry vegetables for a couple of minutes, then add mushrooms to them and fry for another 5 minutes. Drain the water from the cereals, put it in a pan with mushrooms and vegetables, stir, salt, and after a few minutes remove from heat.

   

   Stew mushrooms with vegetables and send barley to them

3. Put the whole mixture in a ceramic pot, add water (2 tbsp. To 1 tbsp. Cereals), cover with a lid. Place in a hot oven at 180 ° C. After 45 minutes, remove the pot and check how ready the porridge is. If the water is not completely absorbed, put the pot in the oven for another 15 minutes. If the groats are still harsh, add water and also return the dish to the oven until tender.

   

   Place the porridge in a ceramic pot and place in the oven

4. Put the prepared porridge on plates, add pickled or pickled cucumbers to it.

   

   Be sure to try this porridge with salted mushrooms.

Porridge from 4 cereals "Monastyrskaya"

The peculiarity of this porridge is that, in addition to barley, we will need other cereals: buckwheat, rice and millet. 1 glass of each cereal. And also:

• mushrooms;
• bow;
• garlic;
• carrot;
• olive oil;
• salt;
• pepper.

The amount of vegetables, mushrooms and spices can be varied as you wish.

1. Rinse all cereals separately. Soak buckwheat and set aside for a while. Set the barley to cook (add a pinch of baking soda to it - thanks to it, the cereals boil faster). Put millet in a sieve and pour over boiling water.

2. Pour olive oil into a skillet, add a few crushed chives, fry for a couple of minutes and toss the rice. It will look like glass. You need to fry until the surface of the grains becomes dull in places.

   

   Prepare all foods in advance, especially cereals

3. Chop mushrooms at random, onions into small cubes, grate carrots.
4. Pearl barley by this time will have reached the desired condition. Drain the water from it through a colander, from buckwheat too. Mix all the cereals.
5. Fry vegetables in olive oil until they settle well.

6. Add the mushrooms when they have a lot of juice - turn off the heat under the pan. This juice should not evaporate, it is needed in the preparation of porridge.

   

   Fry vegetables with mushrooms so that the juice does not evaporate

7. Take a thick-walled pot or, if available, a cauldron. Layer the mixed cereals and the mushroom stir-fry several times. Add a little salt to each layer.
8. Pour the roast juice over the top and add the water so that it covers the top layer.

9. Put on low heat (it is advisable to place a divider under the pan). The porridge will be ready when the water evaporates from it.

   

   Products for monastery porridge must be laid out in layers

10. Serve the monastery porridge with pickles and black bread.

Video recipe for monastery porridge

How many interesting things can be prepared from such, it seemed, ordinary pearl barley! It is great both as a side dish and as a standalone dish, and when combined with other products, it is simply great! Share with our readers your recipes for barley porridge with vegetables in the comments. Enjoy your meal!