Buckwheat rice - the most delicious recipes

Buckwheat rice is a very interesting and unusual tandem. Such a dish can diversify your daily menu. From two cereals you can cook porridge, pilaf, side dish or a full second. Consider recipes for cooking several dishes.

Buckwheat porridge with rice in a slow cooker

To cook porridge in a slow cooker, we need such products:

• Round grain rice - 200 grams.
• Milk - three glasses.
• Buckwheat - 200 grams.
• Sugar - to taste.
• Salt is a pinch.
• Raisins or dried apricots - 100 grams.
• Butter - 150 grams.

The algorithm for preparing rice dishes with buckwheat is as follows:

1. Rinse both cereals well and place in the multicooker bowl.
2. Pour rice with buckwheat milk, lay raisins or dried apricots (you can put both ingredients), butter and granulated sugar. Mix everything thoroughly.
3. Set the device to the function "Porridge", "Rice" or "Pilaf", close the lid and wait for the end of the process.

Tip: before sending dried fruits to a slow cooker, soak them in hot water for half an hour to swell.

Two cereal pilaf with chicken

Pilaf will turn out very tasty and unusual if you cook rice with buckwheat together. You can use any meat. We offer a recipe with chicken legs in a slow cooker. Get a quick and tasty dinner for the whole family. We will need:

• Chicken drumstick - six pieces.
• Buckwheat - 120 grams.
• Rice - 100 grams.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Carrots and onions - one each.
• Water - 420 milliliters.
• Bay leaf - two pieces.
• Salt, favorite spices - to your taste.

Cooking rice with buckwheat like this:

1. We turn on the slow cooker in the "Frying" mode, pour the oil and spread the chicken drumsticks. It is necessary to fry them until golden brown on both sides.
2. Cut onions and carrots as you like, send everything to the meat. We fry all together for about five minutes.
3. Now pour the washed rice with buckwheat. Pour water, add bay leaf, salt and spices that you like.
4. Change the "Frying" mode to the option "Buckwheat", "Rice", "Pilaf" or "Stew", it all depends on your slow cooker.
5. When the dish is ready, leave it closed for another 10 minutes, so that the pilaf is infused.

Unusual side dish

Also, buckwheat rice can be used as a side dish. You can cook it by first boiling both cereals, but it will turn out faster and tastier in a slow cooker.

So, the buckwheat rice recipe is very simple:

• Onions and carrots - one medium each.
• Olive or vegetable oil - to lubricate the form.
• Garlic - two cloves.
• Rice and buckwheat - one glass each.
• Salt, ground pepper, spices - to your taste.
• Water - four and a half glasses.

To prepare a delicious side dish in this way:

1. Grate carrots and onions. Onions can be finely chopped as you like best.
2. Turn the appliance on to the “Baking” or “Frying” function. Pour in oil and place vegetables there. Passer them for about 10 minutes.
3. Next, pour the washed cereals, salt and pour water. Mix the mass.
4. We translate the device into the "Buckwheat" or "Pilaf" mode and prepare before the signal about the end.
5. Open the lid, squeeze the garlic there, mix and leave for 10 minutes for insisting. You can add more butter or olive oil.

Cereal with mushrooms

If you do not have a slow cooker, do not despair. After all, you can cook an equally delicious dish in the oven. To do this, we need this set of products:

• Rice and buckwheat - half a cup.
• Onions and carrots - one medium each.
• Bulgarian pepper and tomatoes - two each.
• Champignons - 500 grams.
• Cauliflower - half a fork.
• Garlic - two cloves.
• Bay leaf - three pieces.
• Hot pepper - half the pod.
• Seasonings, salt, ground black pepper - to your taste.
• Any broth or water - two glasses.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Turmeric - one teaspoon.

We prepare the dish as follows:

1. Peel and chop the onion with carrots in small cubes.
2. Mushrooms cut into four parts, can be smaller.
3. Disassemble the cauliflower for inflorescences.
4. Cut bell pepper into thin strips.
5. Cut the hot pepper into several pieces.
6. Mash tomatoes with a blender or grater.
7. Pour oil into a cauldron, deep pan or pan and add onions with carrots. Fry everything for about 10 minutes.
8. Next, we send mushrooms for roasting, and after five minutes - bell pepper.
9. After 10 minutes, we send the chopped hot pepper, tomato puree, unpeeled garlic, bay leaf and cauliflower to the total mass. Salt everything, add turmeric, seasonings to your taste and pour vegetable or mushroom broth. You can use water. We mix everything.
10. We send the dishes with the mass to a preheated oven up to 180 degrees and simmer for about an hour. Be sure to cover.