How to cook delicious buckwheat porridge

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Buckwheat, containing essential amino acids, trace elements and vitamins, can fully replace meat products.

Buckwheat is quick to prepare, suitable for children's and dietary nutrition, and is easily digestible, for which housewives value it. Even an amateur can quite cope with preparing buckwheat porridge - it’s very simple. Moreover, buckwheat can not only be boiled, since in addition to porridges, there are many other recipes (with meat, vegetables, gravy, and anything else) using this excellent product as a side dish.

We show you 10 of the most delicious buckwheat recipes with photographs of the final result.

Important: Before cooking, we always sort the grains and rinse them thoroughly.

General information about the dish

Before I tell you a few secrets of how to cook buckwheat porridge tasty and satisfying, I would like to tell you a little about this dish.

The presented cereals are very often included in the baby food diet. And this is not surprising, because this product contains a large amount of iron and other elements that are extremely necessary for a growing body.

It should also be noted that buckwheat porridge with milk or water has a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract. It is quickly and well absorbed by the body, cleansing the intestines of toxins and waste. That is why this dish is often included in the diet of those patients who have problems with the digestive system.

Buckwheat with stew in a frying pan

The easiest hearty dish to prepare.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat (kernel) - 2 cups.
• Stew - 1 can.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Spices.
• Salt.
• Vegetable oil.
• Broth or water – 4 cups.

How to cook:

1. In a deep frying pan, sauté the vegetables, add the stew to them and cook for 5-10 minutes.
2. Sprinkle a layer of raw cereal onto the frying pan, add some salt, add your favorite spices and pour boiling water over it.
3. Cook under the lid over low heat for about half an hour, turn off the heat and steep the buckwheat for about 10-15 minutes.

Product preparation

Buckwheat porridge in water is very easy to prepare, and most importantly, quickly. But before subjecting this product to heat treatment, it should be well processed. To do this, you need to sort the cereal, and then put it in a sieve and rinse in warm water, kneading it regularly with your hands. If you have enough time, it is advisable to fill this product with drinking water and leave it in it overnight. As a result of such actions, the buckwheat will swell, and it will only take a few minutes to boil it.

If you don’t have time to soak the cereal, then you should start heat treating it immediately after washing.

Buckwheat with pork merchant style

Despite the name, the dish can be prepared with any meat. Merchant-style buckwheat is often called the Russian version of pilaf.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat (kernel) - 2 cups.
• Meat (any) – 500 g.
• Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Spices.
• Salt.
• Vegetable oil.
• Broth or water – 4 cups.

How to cook:

1. Saute chopped onions and carrots, add grated tomatoes (or diluted tomato paste), simmer together for 10 minutes. Separately, fry the pieces of meat until cooked.
2. In a bowl, mix vegetables and meat, salt, spices, put raw cereal on top, pour boiling water.
3. Cook the dish, covered, over low heat for about half an hour.

Cooking process

Crumbly buckwheat porridge is obtained only if it is cooked on the stove with the addition of a small amount of water. As for the dairy dish, it should be quite thick and viscous.

Thus, to prepare the presented porridge, you need to sort out the cereal, wash it thoroughly, as described above, and then combine it in a saucepan with milk, salt and sugar. After this, the ingredients need to be brought to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cook under the lid for about half an hour. During this time, the cereal should absorb the dairy product and become as boiled as possible.

After the buckwheat porridge is ready, it should be seasoned with a piece of butter (butter), mix well and leave under a closed lid for ¼ hour. If desired, the dish and dish can be additionally wrapped in a blanket.

After the specified time, sweet milk porridge made from buckwheat should be served for breakfast or afternoon tea.

Lenten buckwheat cutlets

A very convenient recipe if you want something new and appetizing. You can add mushrooms to the cutlets.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat (kernel) – 1 cup.
• Water or broth - 2 cups.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil.
• Breadcrumbs or flour.
• Spices.
• Salt.

How to cook:

1. Boil the buckwheat until tender.
2. Prepare sautéed onions and carrots. Add mushrooms if desired.
3. Mix the porridge with frying, salt, spices, grind through a meat grinder, and make cutlets. Breaded in breadcrumbs or flour.
4. Fry the cutlets until crusty over medium heat until cooked through, about 2-3 minutes on each side.

Heat treatment

After processing the ingredients, place the chicken fillet in a saucepan with a thick bottom, then fill it with 3 cups of water and cook over low heat for about half an hour. Next, you need to add carrots, onions and table salt to the meat component. After boiling the ingredients for another 10 minutes, carefully add well-washed cereal to them. It is recommended to cook buckwheat porridge in this composition for about 25 minutes. During this time, the chicken breasts will become completely soft, and the cereal will swell, absorbing all the aromatic meat broth.

Buckwheat with vegetables in a slow cooker

An appetizing, healthy dish for a vegetarian and Lenten table.

Ingredients:

• Buckwheat (kernel) – 2 cups.
• Water, broth - 4 cups.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil – 0.5 cups.
• Salt.
• Spices.

How to cook:

1. Chop the vegetables.
2. Preparing the cereal.
3. Pour oil into the multicooker container, add onion, and in the “Baking/Frying” mode, cook it for 2 minutes, stirring. Add carrots (or other vegetables) and fry for another 3 minutes.
4. Fill the prepared vegetables with water, add cereal, salt, and spices. Switch to the “Stew” mode and cook for another 20-30 minutes.
5. Fresh vegetables can be replaced with frozen mixture. It is added after frying, adding a little water.

Delicious buckwheat porridge with mushrooms and vegetables

Few people know, but buckwheat porridge can be used not only as a side dish for goulash or a full meal, but also as a filling for roast. To prepare it we may need the following components:

• buckwheat – about 2 glasses;
• table salt – use to taste;
• allspice – use to taste;
• fresh champignons – 400 g;
• bulbs – 2 pcs.;
• sunflower oil – 40 ml;
• fresh carrots – 2 pcs.

Buckwheat recipe in pots with chicken

It's very easy to cook lunch or dinner in pots. Stewed buckwheat with chicken should be on the menu of every family.

Required for 3 pots:

• Chicken thighs - 600 g
• Dry buckwheat – 200-250 g
• Bulbs - 2 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Tomato - 1 pc.
• Garlic cloves - 4 pcs.
• Water – 500 ml
• Tomato paste - 1 tbsp. l. with top
• Salt, pepper, cumin - to taste

Delicious buckwheat with chicken in pots (recipe)

1. Before collecting food in pots, fry the vegetables. First, fry finely chopped onion in a frying pan until slightly golden brown.

2. Add grated carrots to the onion in the pan. Carrots can be cut in another way, that is, into strips. Fry everything together for 5 minutes, stirring.

3. Then add the tomato cut into small pieces.

4. Next add finely chopped garlic cloves. Fry everything together for another 5 minutes.

5. Cut the chicken meat from the thighs into small pieces. Place them in a bowl, add salt and pepper, and add cumin. Stir.

5. Prepare 2 medium sized pots. Place washed buckwheat on the bottom.

6. Then put the chicken meat in spices.

There is no need to pre-fry the chicken pieces. This way they will better impart their aroma to other ingredients in the pots.

7. Place fried vegetables on top of the chicken.

8. Pour 500 ml of water into the jug. Add salt to taste and 1 tbsp. l. tomato paste with a slide. Stir and fill the pots.

The pots should not be full, as the buckwheat will increase in volume. The poured liquid with tomato paste should cover the contents by 1 cm.

9. Place the pots in the oven for 1 hour at 180 degrees C.

10. Place juicy and tender buckwheat with aromatic chicken on a plate to enjoy all the flavors. Or eat straight from the pot.

Cooking porridge

It is advisable to make the buckwheat crumbly for such a dish. It must be placed in a saucepan and then filled with a small amount of water. After this, the product must be salted, boiled and cooked under the lid for about 20 minutes. At the same time, it is advisable to regularly ensure that the cereal becomes soft and crumbly, but does not burn to the bottom.

After the buckwheat porridge is ready, it is advisable to keep it under a tightly wrapped blanket for half an hour. During this time, it will “arrive”, becoming even more delicious.

Diet buckwheat soup with chicken

Despite its low calorie content, soup can quickly satisfy hunger, and therefore is indispensable for those who want to lose weight.

• Buckwheat (kernel) - 5-6 tbsp. spoons
• Chicken breast – 500 g.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Potatoes – 2-3 pcs.
• Spices, herbs.
• Broth or water.

How to cook:

1. Cook chicken breast broth.
2. Cut the potatoes into convenient pieces, chop the vegetables. Preparing buckwheat.
3. Add vegetables, cereals, salt, and spices to the prepared broth. Cook the soup for about half an hour. At the end, add the greens, turn off the heat and leave under the lid for several minutes.

How to use the finished dish?

As mentioned above, buckwheat porridge with fried champignons is ideal for stuffing chicken, which is later planned to be baked in the oven. However, some housewives prefer to serve this dish as a full-fledged hot lunch. In this case, it should be additionally flavored with herbs and tomato sauce.

Buckwheat cooked in water - how to cook it correctly

Cooking buckwheat in water is as easy as shelling pears. The main thing is to maintain the correct proportions between cereal and water. Here are some simple recipes.

How to make a crumbly side dish

Mushrooms must be ground to a powder. Sift the cereal to get rid of dust and debris; there is no need to rinse it. Then the buckwheat should be placed in a saucepan, add water and add mushroom powder.

Turn on high heat, place a saucepan on it, covered with a lid, and wait until it boils. After this, reduce the flame to medium, cook for about ten minutes, the porridge should thicken noticeably during this time.

After this, set the heat to low and simmer for another seven minutes until the remaining water boils away. After this, remove the pan from the stove, wrap it in a towel and leave for 15 minutes.

Put the eggs on the boil. Fry the onion until crispy. Cool the boiled eggs and chop finely. Pour them into the porridge and stir.

Hearty and tasty porridge

An easy-to-prepare nutritious lunch or dinner option. You will need to take the following:

• Buckwheat - a glass;
• Pork - from two hundred to three hundred grams;
• One bell pepper;
• Carrot;
• One tomato;
• One medium onion;
• Salt and sugar - teaspoon;
• Sunflower oil.

Pour some oil into a frying pan and place finely chopped pork there and fry it. Then place the carrots (chopped on a grater) and onion pieces into the frying pan and continue frying.

Add more small pieces of pepper to the products. All this is fried until the onions turn golden.

Then add the washed cereal to the mixture. Place the tomato, finely chopped, and sugar there. Salt the dish.

Add boiling water in such an amount that it completely and evenly covers the food, mix everything well, and wait until it boils over high heat. Then reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and let the dish cook for about twenty minutes.

Then remove the dish from the heat and leave the dish to steep for another ten or fifteen minutes. At the very end you can add butter.