The apparatus that has been loved by our mistresses in recent years has already repeatedly proved its indispensability. Many of them even abandoned regular stoves and forgot how to use ovens. And no wonder: even a primitive pearl barley porridge with meat in a slow cooker turns out to be so successful that the most capricious children willingly eat it. We will talk about several ways of preparing this dish in this article.
Barley with lamb
Many people reject this meat because of a peculiar smell, but with the help of our miracle apparatus this trouble can be completely avoided. A kilogram of lamb is cut into convenient slices and, in the “frying” mode (if there is none in your model, use “baking”), it is processed until an appetizing blush is formed. The meat is salted and flavored with grain mustard and Italian herbs. In a bowl to it are placed carrot sticks, straws of bell pepper and half rings of onion. When the vegetables become soft, two glasses of washed pearl barley are poured, boiling water (six glasses) is poured, and the device switches to "stewing". In an hour, your hearty pearl barley porridge with meat in a slow cooker will be ready. And no suspicious smell!
Barley Chicken
Chicken meat is much more familiar to us meat. But we must take into account that it is done much faster than other types. Without a doubt, pearl barley porridge with meat can also be cooked with it . In a slow cooker, however, the process will take place in two stages. First, in the “frying” or “baking” mode, pieces of fillet (or other parts of the chicken) are fried; after browning, onions with carrots are added to them, and already prepared meat with vegetables is laid aside. The cereal is loaded into the bowl, flooded with water in a ratio of 1: 3, salted, seasoned and cooked for “stewing” for forty minutes. Then everything previously fried is added to it, pearl barley porridge with meat in the multicooker is mixed and left for another third of an hour under the same regime. If you pour the cereal to the chicken and cook everything together for an hour, then your meat will be boiled to a loss of taste and will break down into separate fibers.
Transcarpathian barley
If you are bored to be limited to only those ingredients that were used in the previous versions, the recipe “Pearl barley porridge with meat in a slow cooker” can be enriched with additional components, for example, beans. Half a glass of beans and a glass of cereal will need to be soaked for a couple of hours. This time, beef acts as a meat component - a third of a kilogram is lightly cut and put into a bowl with heated lean oil and a teaspoon of chili. When fried, chopped carrots and onions are poured. As soon as the latter becomes transparent, a large spoonful of tomato paste is added. After a couple of minutes, beans, cereals and salt are poured. The extinguishing mode is turned on for three hours. At the signal of the apparatus, pearl barley porridge with meat in a slow cooker is flavored with a couple of spoons of sour cream and chopped greens and left in the same mode for another half hour.
Barley in Tatar
To prepare it, you need a broth. So a pound of beef is cut, put in a pot of water and cooked until cooked (on the stove, in your favorite machine). Ready meat is put in a multicooker bowl with sunflower oil and vegetables for frying. For five minutes, the “baking” or “frying” mode is activated. Two glasses of cereals washed and soaked for a quarter of an hour are poured into the bowl, pitted prunes are put - its amount depends on how much you like this dried fruit. At the same stage, pearl barley porridge with meat in a slow cooker can be supplemented with small tomatoes - in their own juice or frozen, for greater juiciness. The contents are poured with broth (about four glasses) and left with the “stewing” turned on for an hour and a half. To make the result more crumbly, you can leave it on heating for 20-30 minutes.
Barley with minced meat
Barley porridge with meat can also be cooked with it. In a slow cooker, carrot-onion frying is done; a third kilogram of any stuffing is added to it. The mode of "frying" is left for another 10 minutes; the contents of the bowl are mixed a couple of times. Pour salt, pepper, washed and soaked groats (two glasses). A liter of water and a couple of spoons of tomato paste pour in. The mass is mixed, the bowl is closed, the device is turned on to “put out”, the time is set for one and a half hours. Bon appetit to all!