Corn porridge in a slow cooker, proportions how to cook cereal with meat

She was the “Queen of the Fields” for a short time, in the era of Khrushchev. But the queen of tables can be today! It is difficult to find a more wholesome and less high-calorie cereal than corn. It contains only 98 kcal, which is many times less than lentils, peas, oatmeal. It is nutritious and rich in long carbohydrates. It saturates with a small volume and for a long time provides a feeling of satiety. And finally, it perfectly cleanses the intestines, which is indispensable for a healthy diet.

Features of cooking and proportions

The technique for making corn porridge in a slow cooker is different from cooking in a pan. The main principle of the process is simplicity. No need to mix and worry that the porridge will burn. In a smart "pressure cooker" Panasonic or Philips this will not happen! You do not need to languish it for a long time before evaporation or finely chop it, so that it boils faster. Intelligent modes of the unit will perform the responsible work for you.

Here are a few subtleties of cooking.

• Use the "Porridge" mode. How much and with what regime is porridge or mamalyga cooked in a slow cooker? Each unit has its own. For example, a multicooker Vitek cooks cereals in 50 minutes, and Redmond in an hour. There are models with a cooking time of up to 2 hours. We recommend sticking to this time. The fact is that the period of cooking porridge in them is clearly regulated. Initially, the unit warms up the contents to 100 degrees, then reduces the temperature and languishes the porridge at 90 degrees. At the end of cooking, he can completely turn off the ten (for example, the Polaris multicooker does this), wait a bit until the contents have evaporated, and only then give a signal. During the time thought by the producer, the cereal goes through several stages of processing, and the porridge is perfect.
• “Multipovar” will allow reducing time. Cooking porridge will not be difficult for you if your unit has such a function, you can reduce the cooking time. Corn porridge in a slow cooker will turn out friable if you initially steam it in the “Croup” mode for 25 minutes. And then in the “Multipovar” mode we cook at a high temperature of 150 ° 10 minutes. This technique will provide the cereal with softness, and the porridge with a loose consistency.
• Add fluid to desired consistency. For garnish, porridge is loose, crumbly. To get it, you need to use 3 glasses of water. For a milk dish for breakfast, especially for a child, a more fluid consistency, a mess-mess is needed. This allows you to get 4 cups of liquid.
• Do not leave the dish heated. If the manufacturer does not indicate this for a specific multicooker model, you should not leave the finished porridge after the signal. The peculiarity of corn grits is that it quickly thickens. Even if you have added enough fluid after standing for an hour, the porridge can turn into a thick lump. Therefore, put it on the plates as soon as it is ready.

Recipe with milk

The most delicate taste gets corn porridge in milk.It is so exquisite that professional chefs when cooking, for example, polenta, add cream to the cereal when cooking, although the classic recipe does not provide for this.

Porridge is perfect for breakfast. Fiber-rich corn will start the digestive tract. And long carbohydrates will retain a feeling of satiety for a long time. Milk, as a calcium supplier, will support bone growth in children. Therefore, prepare such porridge for breakfast for the whole family. Vigor and health are provided to you!

You will need:

• corn grits - 1 cup;
• milk - 2 glasses;
• water - 1 cup;
• sugar - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• butter - 50 g.

Cooking

1. Put the washed cereal in the bowl. Add butter.
2. Bake in the “Baking” mode for 10 minutes.
3. Pour in sugar, pour in milk, water.
4. Turn on the "Porridge" mode.
5. Serve immediately after cooking.

The recipe uses pre-languishing cereals with butter. Thanks to this, the porridge gets a luxurious creamy taste, a rich palette of milky shades. Depending on the temperature of the added liquid, you can get a different consistency of the dish. The porridge will turn out to be liquid if you pour it with well-warmed milk with water. A thick and viscous dish will be when adding cold liquid.

Original recipes

We suggest you cook porridge from corn grits with pumpkin and meat. The first is for breakfast. She is not only satisfying, but also incredibly useful. After all, pumpkin will complement the action of corn to enhance intestinal motility, improve the removal of toxins from the body. The meat dish will be ready in time for dinner, because in the culinary assistant both meat and cereals are cooked very quickly.

With pumpkin

This porridge has autumn color, bright in taste and color! She will charge with a sunny mood on a gloomy autumn morning.

You will need:

• corn grits - 1 cup;
• pumpkin - 300 g;
• milk - 2 glasses;
• water - 1 cup;
• butter - 50 g;
• sugar, salt.

Cooking

1. Peel the pumpkin, cut the pulp into cubes, put in a bowl.
2. Rinse the cereals, put on a pumpkin.
3. Pour in milk, water.
4. Add salt, sugar.
5. Turn on the mode "Milk porridge" for 30 minutes.
6. Leave the dish to "reach" after a signal of 15 minutes.

Thanks to the pumpkin, the porridge does not thicken as much as a regular dish. Therefore, it can be stored in the refrigerator and eat the next day. Duration of storage should not exceed 2 days.

With meat

A hearty dinner that allows you not to worry about either the meat components or the side dish. The cooking process takes place simultaneously. Our recipe offers pork, but similarly you can cook chicken, lamb. Beef comes "to condition" longer, so it must be stewed for 50 minutes before laying the cereal.

You will need:

• pork - 600 g;
• corn grits - 2 cups;
• water - 4 glasses;
• onion - 1 large head;
• spices (paprika, marjoram;
• salt.

Cooking

1. Cut the fillet into slices.
2. Put in the heated oil in the "Frying" mode. Sauté until golden brown.
3. Peel, chop onion. Add it to the meat. Fry for 7 minutes.
4. Pour the washed cereal, pour in the heated water.
5. Set the "Porridge" mode.

On models with a valve, set it to the “Closed” position at the beginning of cooking. With this treatment, the dish “reaches” in 12 minutes from the start of the countdown. In standard-type models, the cooking time for cereal is 50-60 minutes.

And milk corn porridge in a slow cooker, and a full-fledged meat dish are prepared very simply. Try our recipes for breakfast and delicious dinner for every day!

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