Barley porridge with mushrooms
- Nutrition Facts
- Calories: 136
- Protein: 5
- Fats: 1
- Carbohydrates: 26
Welcome to the pages of the HozOboz. Today we are pleased to offer a recipe for a lean and simply delicious dish - barley porridge with mushrooms, carrots and onions. Delicious, satisfying, healthy and, without exaggeration, an easy-to-prepare delicious treat will definitely become one of your favorites. The food of our ancestors, created from the gifts of nature, cannot but touch the soul of the most refined gourmet. And all because there is nothing more exquisite than the simplest and most natural products. Very soon you will be convinced of this for yourself, but for now a little history and only then the recipe for barley porridge with mushrooms.
History of the dish
Pearl barley is made from barley and has the form of white and smooth grains. Barley porridge is, in turn, a dish that is obtained as a result of boiling pearl barley. Sometimes such cereals are finely chopped and then it is cooked faster and is called barley. But today we are preparing the usual barley porridge and we will dwell on it in more detail. The name itself comes from the English Pearled barley, which means pearl barley.
Obviously, the cereal got its name precisely for its external resemblance to small pearls. In alliance with wild mushrooms and sautΓ©ed vegetables, such porridge is the basis of an excellent balanced lunch and you will find out everything about it right now. By the way, I want to note right away that pearl barley porridge with mushrooms turns out well in a slow cooker, but if there is none, go about an ordinary pan with thick and walls. And pearl barley porridge with mushrooms is often cooked in pots, especially where the tradition of stewing in the oven is still preserved. We choose a simple and quick method that is suitable for those who do not like to bother.
Ingredients:
- Pearl barley - 100 g
- Dried mushrooms (any) - 40 g
- Butter - 30 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Spices for mushrooms - 1 tsp
- Salt - 1β2 tsp
- Vegetable oil - 4 tablespoons
Preparation:
- Let's prepare the ingredients. Peel the onion, peel and wash the carrots. My carrots are already chopped (on a coarse grater).
Barley porridge with mushrooms
- Prepare the dried mushrooms in the evening. Put them in a bowl and fill them with water - they should get soaked overnight.
Dried mushrooms should be poured overnight with water and left to soak
- In the morning, set the mushrooms to boil: first, bring to a boil, add water, add new water and bring to a boil again - we will cook for 45 minutes.
In the morning, first of all, we will boil the mushrooms, and the first will be merged with water after boiling, and in the second we will cook them for about 40 minutes
- Wash the pearl barley and soak for 2 hours.
Pearl barley must also be soaked for 2 hours in advance
- Finely chop the onion.
Cut the onion into smaller pieces
- Put the pearl barley to cook until tender. About 40-50 minutes from boiling.
Already swollen groats cook until tender for about 50 minutes. By the way, barley porridge with mushrooms can be cooked in the oven
- Fry the onions and carrots until soft in vegetable oil in a pan.
Fry onions and grated carrots in vegetable oil until soft
- Cut the boiled mushrooms into smaller pieces.
Chop mushrooms in pieces
- Add the mushrooms to the pan to the vegetable mixture.
Pour chopped mushrooms to sautΓ©ed vegetables
- The pearl barley has already been cooked.
In the meantime, the groats should be cooked
- Add the pearl barley to the pan to the vegetable mixture.
We send porridge into a frying pan with vegetables
- Also add butter, salt, spices, mix and leave on low heat under a closed lid for 7-8 minutes.
Add salt, spices and butter to the pan and leave the porridge to simmer under the lid for 8 minutes
- Put the finished barley into portioned plates and serve.
As soon as the pearl barley is ready, it must be laid out on plates and served
The benefits of the dish
The benefits are great and no one will argue with this. Since ancient times, pearl barley has been considered a source of vitamins, trace elements and essential amino acids, such as lysine. And for satiety, you can cook barley porridge with meat and mushrooms. In any case, eating it regularly will make you healthier, smarter and give you a lot of energy that will help you in new achievements. Such dishes can move mountains. Do you have any of these in your cookbook?
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