Pearl barley is a very healthy product, and if cooked correctly, it is also very tasty! Many may be frightened off by the fact that it needs to be soaked and cooked for a very long time, but this problem will go away if you cook pearl barley according to this recipe. Barley with minced meat in a slow cooker turns out to be very tasty, crumbly and aromatic! Minced meat, if desired, can be replaced with meat cut into small pieces. Both pork and lamb or beef are suitable, or you can replace the meat with. I fried minced meat with onions and carrots, but you can add other vegetables or even, for example, mushrooms. Each of the cooking options has the right to be, because the dish in any case turns out to be appetizing and tasty! This recipe is actually quite simple and is quite suitable for busy housewives, moreover, the products are affordable and can be found in any home. And thanks to the multicooker, it will not be difficult to prepare not only a hearty, but also a healthy dinner for the whole family!

Ingredients:

• onion - 1 pc.
• carrots - 1 pc.
• minced meat - 400 grams.
• pearl barley - 1 glass.
• boiling water - 3 glasses.
• sour cream - 3 tbsp. spoons.
• tomato paste - 1 tbsp spoon.
• bay leaf - 2 pcs.
• salt to taste.
• spices to taste.
• vegetable oil- in fact.

Barley with minced meat in a slow cooker recipe:

At the bottom of the multicooker bowl, pour a small amount of vegetable oil and put the diced onions.

Add carrots grated on a coarse grater.

We set the "frying" mode and cook vegetables, stirring occasionally until soft.

Then add the minced meat and fry it along with the onions and carrots, breaking the lumps with a spatula.

When the minced meat is ready, add tomato paste and sour cream of any fat content.

Fry everything together for a couple of minutes.

Now it remains to add the pearl barley. Before that, I rinse it in several waters, and then pour it with boiling water, cover it with a lid or a plate and leave it to cool completely. Then I drain the water and rinse the pearl barley one more time.

It remains to pour boiling water, add bay leaves, salt and spices to taste.

Mix and cook the barley with minced meat on the "cereal" mode until the sound signal. Let it stand in the heating mode for another 20 minutes and you can serve the finished dish on the table.

When serving, barley can be supplemented with fresh vegetables and herbs. It turns out a full-fledged second course, nutritious, healthy and very tasty, which will be enough to feed the whole family!

Bon Appetit!!!

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Not very popular in modern families, as buckwheat, rice and oatmeal have replaced it. Few people cook barley, despite its enormous health and body benefits. Some are sure that barley porridge is heavy and tasteless, but this opinion is erroneous. The dish turns out to be incredibly tasty, nutritious, aromatic and healthy if prepared correctly. To diversify the diet and please family members with a new dish, you can take note of barley with minced meat... It turns out very tasty, satisfying and appetizing.

Barley with minced meat is a tasty, healthy and satisfying dish that is very easy to prepare. Few people like such cereals in their pure form, so there are special recipes that help fix this. Despite the fact that the recipes are similar to each other, each of them has its own peculiarity and flavor. The dish will turn out to be more tasty, bright and unusual if you cook it with seasonal vegetables and minced meat.

Numerous recipes suggest using not only minced meat, but also whole pieces of meat: chicken, pork, lamb and veal. However, minced meat recipes are easier. The dishes are tender and airy, yet nutritious and balanced.

It is important to note that barley porridge with minced meat is a hearty, tasty and very aromatic dish. It is not for nothing that cereals were one of the favorites in the diet of Peter the Great. Barley contains many vitamins, micro- and macroelements, as well as valuable mineral elements. If you cook a dish the right way, you can fall in love with it.

Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients:

Preparation

1. Prepare all the required ingredients according to the suggested recipe. If you don't have a lot of free time, you can use cereals fast food... It has many benefits. In addition to the fact that it does not need preliminary long-term soaking, such barley does not stick and does not burn to the bottom of the dishes. Pour a certain amount of water into a saucepan and salt, then immerse a bag of pearl barley into it.

2. While pearl barley porridge is being cooked, you can start cooking minced meat. It is advisable to use pork, as it will turn out to be juicier and more appetizing. You will need a deep frying pan that has high sides. Pour a little vegetable oil into it and heat it over high heat, then transfer the prepared minced pork to the pan.

3. Peel the onions, rinse under running water and chop into small cubes. After five minutes, add to the minced meat and stir. At the same time, add ground black pepper, this will give a spicy and rich aroma, piquant aftertaste.

4. Next, you need to tackle the carrots, peel them, wash and grate. Optionally, you can chop into slices, cubes. Add to the pan and stir. Simmer over low heat for at least ten minutes, stirring occasionally.

5. Pearl barley porridge should be cooked in twenty-five minutes. It will turn out to be delicate and crumbly. Remove the bag from the pan, cut and transfer the contents to a plate.

6. After that, the pearl barley should go to the pan for the minced meat and stewed vegetables. It is necessary to pour in hot water so that it covers all the ingredients by at least one centimeter. Cover the pan and simmer the porridge for another twenty-five minutes.

Step 1: prepare the pearl barley.

Few people use barley as a side dish. Most often it can be found floating alone, mainly in soups. We will have to spend a lot of time. But, as the proverb says: "If forewarned, then armed!" Therefore, we will begin the crucial stage of preparation. First, we clean the cereals from various debris. To do this, pour the pearl barley onto the kitchen table, covered with a white sheet of paper, and begin to sort it out, separating the peeled groats in one direction, and not the groats in the other. After - put the pearl barley in a deep bowl and rinse it several times under running water until the water becomes clear. And only then we fill it with two or three glasses of purified cold water. Let it stand for 2-3 hours. The longer the cereal is in this state, the better it will loosen and soften. Therefore, if you have free time and you prepare in advance, you can safely leave the barley in water overnight... Well, our porridge has already been infused for the allotted time. Now we pour out the water from the container and rinse the barley again under running water. We spread the processed cereals in a medium-sized saucepan, pour two or three glasses of purified salted water there and put on the stove. Cook over medium heat until cooked for 40-50 minutes. Check your porridge from time to time. If, after the allotted time for cooking, you feel that the barley is not ready yet, then wait some more time. If necessary, add water, stirring with a spoon, so that the cereal does not burn on the base of the pan and turn out to be very dry.

Step 2: prepare the meat for the meat grinder.

While the barley is boiling, let's do the minced meat. We wash chicken fillet under running warm water. Then place the meat on a cutting board and use a knife to cut it into medium-sized cubes. Chicken fillet is not picky meat: it lived a little in it and it is dietary. Therefore, to cope with it, we will not deliver much strength and work.

Step 3: turn the chicken fillet into minced meat.

Now all that remains is to use the meat grinder and the minced meat is ready. To speed up the cooking process, it is better to use an electric meat grinder, but if one is not at hand, then we take an ordinary one. Grind the meat into a deep bowl. For taste, add spices to the minced meat. If desired, you can add any spices, but I advise you to use turmeric and cumin... Zira is one of the most popular spices in Asia. It is used in almost all dishes, and this: in meat, and in fish, and in vegetables. No self-respecting Asian will cook pilaf without the spice of cumin. In addition, this spice improves vision and brain activity, and promotes a better digestion process. Turmeric is Indian saffron. A seasoning that has a yellow-orange color. I use it in many dishes for color and subtle pleasant aroma.

Step 4: chop the vegetables.

Now we need to chop the carrots and onions. To do this, we peel our vegetables. For such a procedure, it is better to use a blender at 1 or 2 speeds, so that the pieces are not very large, but do not turn into gruel. Or you can use the old traditional way with a knife and a grater. On a cutting board, chop the onion with a knife, and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

Step 5: combine all the chopped ingredients.

The pearl barley has already been cooked. Chicken mince I'm ready now. Now add chopped onions and carrots to it in a deep bowl. Mix it all well with a spoon. and add salt and pepper if desired.

Step 6: Step 6: fry the connected ingredients.

Our dish is almost ready. We take a frying pan, add a little vegetable oil and, when the container is warmed up on the stove, put our minced chicken and vegetable there. It must be fried for 7-10 minutes, stirring with a wooden spatula. In general, one more advantage chicken meat the fact that the minced meat is quickly prepared from it.

Step 7: add pearl barley to the pan.

Now you can add the prepared pearl barley porridge to the pan. Mix all the ingredients well with a wooden spatula into a homogeneous mass and simmer for another 4-6 minutes over medium heat. Vegetables and minced meat will give juice and saturate the barley, the spices, in turn, will give the dish a delicious mouth-watering aroma.

Step 8: add water to ingredients.

It would seem that our preparation is coming to an end. But it is important now to put out all our ingredients. Therefore, we pour the purified water into the pan. 1-2 cm higher than products... Bring to a boil, increasing the heat on the stove. Once all the ingredients have boiled, reduce the heat to low and cover tightly. Barley with minced meat should simmer on the stove for 25-35 minutes. Then turn off the fire and leave for another 10-15 minutes.

Step 9: Serve the barley with minced meat.

We have worked wonderfully well. But we achieved the result. The dish turned out to be really delicious. Now let at least someone try to say that this cereal is "muzhik rice", especially after trying this creation. You can serve barley with minced meat to the table with the addition of herbs - parsley and dill. Enjoy your meal!

- - You can replace the spice cumin with Provencal herbs and add one centimeter more water to the pan during the cooking process. Then you get not barley with minced meat, but barley risotto. After all, risotto is not porridge with the addition of various ingredients, and it is no longer pilaf. And the difference is only in the cooking technology. The more water, the longer it will take to stew and the softer it will be. It will differ in taste. But it will still be delicious.

- - If you are a spicy lover, then in the barley with minced meat, when you add water to the pan, you can put a few cloves of garlic. Then your dish will turn out with a spicy aroma.

- - There are several ways to prepare barley for cooking. We used the first method in the recipe. Second: you can ignite the pearl barley in the oven. A distinctive feature only lies in the fact that soaked cereals boil much faster than processed in the second case.

This dish will be a great addition to your daily menu. Barley porridge turns out to be very tasty and not very high in calories. Many do not like this porridge, but in vain. Indeed, it contains a lot of useful substances, and in order for it to turn out delicious, it must be properly prepared.

It is best to season the pearl barley porridge with vegetable oil, then it turns out to be more tasty and healthy.

Necessary products

• 150 grams of pearl barley
• 200 grams of minced meat
• 1 onion
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt, pepper, spices

Let's start cooking

1. Pour water into a saucepan, bring to a boil, add salt and cereals. Cook the barley until tender. Then we put it in a colander to get rid of excess liquid. To cook the porridge faster, you can soak it in water overnight.
2. Cut the peeled onion into small pieces and transfer to a hot frying pan. Fry it until golden brown. Then put the minced meat, add salt. pepper and spices to taste. Mix everything well.
3. Fry the minced meat over medium heat for 7-10 minutes (until tender). Then add boiled pearl barley to it, mix everything and heat for another 5-6 minutes. And that's all, the porridge is ready, we serve it to the table.

Advice. You can serve with such porridge. You can cook them according to the recipe from our website. Your family will love it!

Bon Appetit!

Pearl barley got its name for its resemblance to pearls (pearl). However, she deserves the title of precious for her beneficial features... It contains a large amount of protein and various micro and macronutrients necessary for the human body. At the same time, it is cheap. It would seem that such a valuable in its nutritional properties and so affordable product should be on the table in every home on a regular basis. But our contemporaries usually do not favor pearl barley, preferring other cereals and beans. The problem is that not all housewives know what to make of it so that the dish has good organoleptic qualities and does not resemble a soldier's ration. Barley with minced meat turns out to be tasty, aromatic and appetizing even for novice cooks. You just need to know how to properly prepare this hearty meal.

Cooking features

There is no single technology for preparing pearl barley porridge with minced meat, since there are many known variants of this dish. In order to avoid mistakes and get the expected result, you must adhere to the recommendations that accompany the selected recipe. However, there are several important points, the knowledge of which will be useful to a culinary specialist, regardless of which version of the dish he is going to cook.

• Before cooking, the barley must be thoroughly rinsed. To do this, it is poured with water, grains are rubbed against each other, the cloudy water is drained. The manipulation is repeated until the water remains clear or translucent.
• If barley is cooked without presoaking, it will take about two hours. Then you will need to take 4 glasses of water for a glass of cereal. If you pre-soaked the cereal overnight or at least 3-4 hours, the cooking time will then be reduced to 40-50 minutes in a saucepan or up to 60 minutes in a multicooker. For this, water is taken 3 times more than cereals, if you focus on its volume. Sometimes it may take more time - much depends on the size of the cereal and the time of its preliminary soaking.
• When preparing barley with minced meat, it is usually boiled separately from it. The meat product is fried or stewed at this time, usually with vegetables. Then the ingredients are combined and heated together for a short time. It is advisable to give the finished dish time to brew under the lid, so that the components can become better friends.
• You can take any minced meat for cooking with barley, but it is desirable that it contains pork, as it makes the dish more juicy.
• For juiciness, vegetables are often added to barley porridge with minced meat: onions, carrots, tomatoes, Bell pepper... You can also include eggplant, pumpkin and zucchini in the composition, which are pre-cooked to readiness in any convenient way, and then mixed with the rest of the ingredients a few minutes before the dish is ready.

There are a lot of recipes according to which you can cook minced meat with barley. This allows you to choose an option for almost every taste.

Pearl barley with minced meat in a pan

• pearl barley - 80 g;
• water or broth - 0.25 l (excluding the cost of soaking);
• onions - 100 g;
• carrots - 100 g;
• minced meat (pork or mixed) - 100 g;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• refined vegetable oil - how much will it take.

Video recipe for the occasion:

Cooking method:

• Rinse the barley until clear water. Soak for several hours, rinse again.
• Put cereals in a saucepan, pour a glass of water or broth. Salt if necessary. Cook for 40-50 minutes after boiling until there is no liquid left in the saucepan.
• While the barley is cooking, wash and peel the vegetables.
• Chop the carrots on a coarse grater.
• Cut the onion into small cubes.
• Heat the oil in a deep frying pan, fry the onions and carrots in it until golden brown.
• Add minced meat, salt and pepper it. Fry the food until the minced meat is done.
• Transfer the pearl barley to the pan, mix the products. Continue to cook for another 5 minutes over low heat, covered.

This version of pearl barley porridge with minced meat is one of the simplest. But it can also be further simplified if you use cereals sold in special portioned bags for cooking. It is not required to soak it, rinse it too. The cooking time in this case is determined according to the instructions on the packaging with the product.

Barley with vegetables and minced meat in a slow cooker

• pearl barley - 150 g;
• water - 0.5 l;
• minced meat - 0.3 kg;
• carrots - 100 g;
• onions - 100 g;
• tomatoes - 150 g;
• sweet pepper - 150 g;
• salt, seasonings - to taste;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• refined vegetable oil - 40 ml;
• tomato paste - 40 ml.

Cooking method:

• Put the pearl barley, previously washed and soaked, into the container of the pressure cooker, sprinkle with salt and pepper, cover with water.
• Turn on the unit in the "Porridge" mode or similar. If you want to set the time, select 60 minutes. If your device can work in pressure cooker mode, take advantage of this advantage, then the porridge cooking time will be 18-20 minutes.
• After the end of the program, turn off the machine and add the porridge.
• Wash and dry the multicooker bowl, pour oil into it.
• Peel the onion and cut it into small cubes.
• Scrape, wash the carrots, grate them on a coarse grater.
• Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, peel them, cut the tomato pulp into small pieces of arbitrary shape.
• Free the pepper from the seeds, at the same time removing the stalk.
• Cut the peppers into 1 cm squares.
• Peel the garlic cloves and chop finely.
• Put onions and carrots in a multicooker bowl. Start the appliance in frying or baking mode. Sauté vegetables for 5 minutes, then add minced meat to them.
• Season with salt and pepper, continue cooking in the same mode for another 5 minutes.
• Add tomato paste. After 5 minutes add the peppers, tomatoes and garlic.
• Switch the unit to the "Extinguishing" program. After 10 minutes of operation of the device in this mode, add pearl barley. Stir the food and let it cook for another 10 minutes.

After the end of the main program, you can add finely chopped greens to the dish and keep it in heating mode for 10 minutes.

Barley porridge with minced meat and canned vegetables

• pearl barley - 0.25 kg;
• water or broth - 0.75 l;
• canned corn - 0.25 kg;
• lecho - 0.5 l;
• onions - 100 g;
• carrots - 100 g;
• minced meat - 0.4-0.5 kg;
• refined vegetable oil - how much will it take;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

• Rinse the barley, fill it with a liter of water, leave it overnight or for 6-8 hours in the afternoon.
• Pour the swollen groats with clean water or broth, lightly salt and boil until tender.
• Finely chop the onion, freed from the husk.
• Grate peeled carrots coarsely.
• Saute the vegetables until golden brown. Add minced meat and cook until gray.
• Add lecho. Simmer the minced meat in it for 10 minutes.
• Add prepared pearl barley and corn. Season with salt and pepper. Stir.
• Continue cooking for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

It is most convenient to cook a dish according to this recipe in a cauldron or in a thick-bottomed saucepan with a high-quality non-stick coating. Lecho in this recipe can be replaced with fresh pepper and tomato puree from fresh or canned tomatoes(about 200-250 g of pepper and 300-350 g tomato puree). The finished dish looks appetizing, it turns out satisfying, juicy. Even those who dislike barley may like it.

Barley porridge nourishing and healthy, but few people eat it in its pure form. Tasty dish pearl barley will turn out if you cook it with minced meat. By supplementing the main ingredients with vegetables, you get a juicy meal that will seduce almost any gourmet.