Rice porridge is a delicious, nutritious and healthy breakfast for the whole family that will energize you for the whole day. Due to the content of complex carbohydrates, it provides a feeling of fullness for a long time. By preparing rice porridge in a slow cooker, you will get a dish that will appeal not only to rice lovers, but even to those who are indifferent to porridge. The main thing is that the cooking process will take place without the participation of the hostess. You won’t need to stand over the pan and make sure that the porridge doesn’t burn, run away, lumps don’t form in it, etc.
Classic milk rice porridge in a slow cooker
This porridge will be an excellent side dish or an independent dish. Ingredients: 1 multicooker glass of round cereal, 2 glasses of water and milk each, sugar, salt to taste, butter.
- The rice is thoroughly washed under the pressure of cold water. The cleaner it can be made, the tastier the finished dish will be. Next, the cereal is left in a colander to drain excess liquid.
- The prepared rice is poured into the pan first. It is filled with two mixed liquids. Salt and sugar the mixture to taste.
- Prepare milk rice porridge in a multicooker in the “Rice” program for 40-45 minutes. At the end, butter is sent into it.
The resulting dish is left to heat for another 15-20 minutes.
With dried apricots
To prepare, you will need a multicooker-pressure cooker.
To prepare porridge with dried apricots, take the following ingredients:
- 300 g steamed rice;
- 500 g pumpkin;
- 100 g dried apricots;
- 100 g raisins;
- 0.7 l of water;
- 30 g butter;
- 3 tbsp. l. granulated sugar;
- 1/2 tsp. table salt.
Rice porridge with pumpkin in water with dried apricots is prepared according to the following scheme:
- First of all, you can pour the rice into a deep container, fill it with cool water and leave for 30 minutes. The rice needs to be poured in to remove excess starch so that the finished porridge is lump-free.
- Then you need to rinse the dried apricots and raisins in cold water, pour them into a small container and soak in hot water for 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, prepare the pumpkin. To do this, you need to cut off the top, remove the insides with seeds and cut off the required amount. Now you can remove the peel with a sharp knife and cut the hard part of the pumpkin into cubes with a side of no more than 1 cm.
- Now you can drain the water from the dried fruits, dry them with a napkin and cut the dried apricots into straw. Rice should be poured into a sieve and washed in cool water.
- Afterwards, you need to pour the washed rice, raisins with chopped dried apricots into the slow cooker, add pumpkin cubes to them, add table salt and sugar and pour water over the ingredients. Now you need to mix the contents of the bowl and close the lid.
- Next you need to set the “Rice” program for 15 minutes. When the time is up, you can open the bowl, add a piece of butter, mix the ingredients again and divide the finished porridge into portions.
Cooking with water
This recipe is used to prepare a savory dish that goes especially well with any hot chicken dishes. Ingredients: 2 cups of rice cereal, 4 cups of filtered non-carbonated water, a pinch of salt, a bunch of fresh herbs.
- It is important to choose quality cereals. Initially, it is sifted using a sieve, then sorted by hand (to get rid of debris and low-quality grains) and finally washed with water. First – cold, then – hot. This multi-stage process allows you to rid the product of both dirt and gluten (the latter prevents the dish from becoming crumbly).
- The rice should sit in hot water for about half an hour, after which it is placed in the bowl of the device, salted and filled with cold liquid.
- In pilaf mode, rice porridge is cooked in water for 40-45 minutes.
About 5 minutes before the end of the program, add butter and chopped herbs to the pan.
With tomatoes
The dish consists of the following ingredients:
- rice groats – 2 tbsp;
- pumpkin – 200 g;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- carrots – 1 pc.;
- hard cheese – 100 g;
- water – 3-4 tbsp.;
- butter – 30-50 g;
- table salt – 1/2 tsp;
- sunflower oil.
Step-by-step preparation scheme:
- First you need to remove any debris from the rice, wash it and dry it. Then you will need to pour boiling water over the tomatoes, remove the skins from them and chop them using a grater. The pumpkin must be washed, peeled and put into a meat grinder.
- Afterwards, you need to wash the carrots, peel them and grind them in a meat grinder. You need to pour a small amount of sunflower oil into the multicooker bowl, put chopped tomatoes, carrots, pumpkin in it, close the multicooker with a lid, start the “Stew” program and cook for 5-10 minutes.
- Next, add rice to the bowl, mix everything with a wooden spatula, pour in water, add table salt, mix well and cook for 15-20 minutes. in the “Quenching” mode. In 2 min. Before the end of cooking, you need to sprinkle the porridge with cheese, grated on a coarse grater.
Ready.
With pumpkin - a favorite autumn porridge
An autumn version of this treat suggests using pumpkin as a bright, juicy addition. Frozen products are also suitable for this. Take 300-320 grams of vegetables. The remaining ingredients: 1.5 multi-cooker cups of cereal of any kind, 3 of the same cups of milk and 2 filtered water, vanilla and regular sugar to taste.
- The first step is to tackle the vegetable. It is cut into small pieces and placed in the bowl of the device. A few tablespoons of water are poured on top to cover the product. In the stew program, the pumpkin is cooked until soft. Usually 12-14 minutes is enough. Next, the product is thoroughly kneaded.
- Well-washed cereal is poured on top of the vegetable. It is watered with water until the latter becomes completely transparent.
- Both types of sand are added to taste. Usually 2-2.5 large spoons of regular sugar and a pinch of vanilla sugar are enough.
- All that remains is to pour in a mixture of warm milk and water.
- In the “Porridge” mode, the dish is cooked for 40-45 minutes.
Butter is added to the treat after the signal that it is ready.
Pumpkin is a storehouse of vitamins, carotene and carbohydrates. It has a reduced energy value.
With cranberries
Ingredients included in the dish:
- rice – 300 g;
- pumpkin – 100 g;
- cranberries – 100 g;
- water – 150 ml;
- apple – 2 pcs.;
- granulated sugar – 3-4 tbsp. l.;
- sunflower oil.
Step-by-step preparation scheme:
- The first thing you need to do is sort out the rice grains, rinse them, put them in a sieve, until the water is clear and wait until the water drains. Afterwards you will need to wash the apples, remove the peels and chop them into cubes.
- Then you should coat the bowl of the device with sunflower oil, start the “Stewing” program and cook them until softened. Afterwards, you need to pour the rice into the apples in a slow cooker, pour in warm water and cook for 10 minutes.
- Next, you need to wash and peel the pumpkin, cut into small cubes, pass them through a meat grinder, add to the bowl and mix well. Then you need to wash the cranberries and crush them in a mortar, adding granulated sugar in parts.
- Now you can add chopped pumpkin and crushed cranberries to the multicooker bowl, mix well, cover and cook for 25 minutes. Afterwards, add soft butter to the prepared porridge, stir and place into portioned bowls.
Ready.
With added raisins
Dried fruits will also help add sweetness to the dish and at the same time keep it healthy. In general, any of them goes well with rice porridge. But in such a budget recipe it will be raisins that will be used. It will take half a glass. Other ingredients: 1 cup white rice of any form, 3 cups full-fat milk, 2 cups filtered water, sugar and salt to taste.
- First, the cereal is poured with hot tap water and mixed. This is necessary so that all light impurities and debris float to the top.
- Next, the rice is again filled with fresh warm water. Now, during the washing process, you need to rub it with your fingers to remove starch and dust from the flour. The last time the cereal is washed with very hot water to rid the product of fat.
- The liquid ingredients specified in the recipe are poured into the bowl of the device first. They shouldn't be cold.
- Rice and raisins pre-scalded with boiling water are poured on top.
- The mass is salted and sugared to taste.
- In the “Milk Porridge” program, it is cooked until it is completed.
After adding oil to the finished dish, you can leave it on the heat for another half an hour. This will make the porridge especially tender and tasty.
With vegetables
To prepare the dish you will need the following ingredients:
- 600 g rice;
- 400 g pumpkin;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 40 ml sunflower oil;
- spices.
Rice porridge with pumpkin in water and onions is prepared as follows:
- First you need to remove the husk from the onion, wash it and chop it into cubes. Afterwards you will need to wash the carrots, peel them and grate them using a grater with a coarse grid.
- Next, you should grease the multicooker bowl with sunflower oil, place chopped onion and grated carrots in it, mix and fry for 2-3 minutes, stirring continuously.
- Then you need to rid the rice of excess debris, rinse it several times until the water becomes clear, and boil the water in a kettle.
- Afterwards you need to wash the pumpkin, peel and cut into cubes.
- You need to pour rice into the bowl, put chopped pumpkin, add some spices, mix well, pour boiling water into the ingredients and mix thoroughly. Afterwards, you need to close the multicooker with a lid, turn on the “Porridge/Grains” mode and cook the porridge for 1 hour.
- Now you can cool the porridge and serve it, garnishing it with chopped herbs.
Add muesli
Few people like muesli in its pure form. Housewives use various tricks to add this healthy product to their family’s diet. For example, it is served with porridge. Baked muesli will require 2-3 large spoons. Other ingredients: 1.5 multi-cooker cups of white rice, 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar, 960 ml of full-fat milk, a pinch of fine salt.
- Rice grains are thoroughly washed with running ice water. The liquid should drain from the product already transparent.
- At this stage, you can transfer the cereals into the bowl of the device, fill it with salt and granulated sugar. All the non-cold milk is poured on top at once.
- It is necessary to thoroughly mix all the components so that the cereal is distributed throughout the container.
- The food will simmer in a program designed specifically for preparing milk porridge for 60-70 minutes.
- This recipe will make a fairly liquid dish. You can serve it to the table in this form. But it’s better to pour the muesli into the bowl and leave the treat to heat for another half an hour.
The dish is served with melted butter. The more you use it, the tastier the porridge will be.
With pear
To prepare porridge with pear, you need to take the following ingredients:
- round rice – 300 g;
- pumpkin – 300 g;
- pear – 1 pc.;
- apple – 1 pc.;
- raisins – 15 g;
- water – 600 ml;
- vanillin;
- butter;
- table salt;
- granulated sugar.
Rice porridge with pumpkin in water with pear is prepared as follows:
- The first thing you need to do is sort through the rice, remove any debris and rinse in water several times until transparent. Afterwards you will need to wash the pumpkin, peel it, cut it into small pieces and grind it using a blender or meat grinder.
- Next, wash the apple and pear, peel and cut into medium-sized cubes. Then you need to pour hot water over the raisins and leave for 20-25 minutes.
- Then you need to mix the ingredients, put them in a multicooker bowl, pour water into them, add table salt, granulated sugar and mix well. The porridge will need to be cooked in the “Stew”, “Milk porridge/Porridge” mode for 35-40 minutes.
Ready.
With cream
If the calories of each prepared dish are not counted, and there is no need to think about extra pounds, then you can easily afford to prepare the porridge under discussion using heavy cream. Ingredients: ½ cup of round grain cereal, a pinch of fine salt, 3 cups of full-fat milk and 1 cup of cream, granulated sugar to taste (you can use brown).
- The rice, thoroughly washed with ice water, is transferred to the container of the device. If contamination or spoiled grains are noticed in the cereal, you need to get rid of them so as not to spoil the taste of the future dish.
- Milk and cream (not cold!) are combined. Salt and sugar are immediately poured into the liquid. The resulting mixture is poured over the cereal.
- In the program for preparing milk porridge, the dish will simmer for about an hour. It is very important not to forget to stir the treat during the process.
The already prepared porridge is left to heat for 35-45 minutes. The delicacy is served hot with plenty of butter.
Differences in cooking in different multicookers
Today you can find a variety of models of “smart pans” on sale. But almost all of them are suitable for preparing rice porridge. Some devices have a special program called “Porridge” or “Milk Porridge”. It is most convenient to use them, simply setting the time recommended in the recipe. In these cases, there is no need to adjust the temperature.
If there are no such modes, then you need to pay attention to other offers, for example, “Rice”, “Pilaf” and “Buckwheat”. True, the latter option should be used only in exceptional cases. Housewives note that when rice porridge is cooked in it, the treat usually turns out to be slightly dry.