How to learn how to cook delicious barley pilaf with meat 🥩

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• cutting board;
• knife;
• grater;
• deep capacity;
• beaker;
• kitchen scales;
• tablespoon;
• a glass of 200 ml;
• colander;
• large pan with a lid;
• pan;
• plate.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Pearl barley must first be soaked. To do this, pour 1.5 stacks into a deep container. pearl barley, pour 1 liter of water and leave overnight. Soaked cereals are cooked much faster, and so we save time when cooking directly the pilaf itself.
   
2. The next day, drain the water, throwing the cereal into a colander, and rinse thoroughly. Pour the cereal into a pot with a thick bottom. Next, pour pure water in a ratio of 1: 3, that is, 1.5 stacks. cereals we need 1 liter of water. We put the pan on the fire to cook.
   
3. In the meantime, we move on to preparing the remaining ingredients. Peel the 2 medium onions from the husks and cut into small cubes.
   
4. Peel the carrots from the skin and rub on a coarse grater.
   
5. Next, cut into small cubes 400 g of meat. You can use any relatively lean meat.
   
6. When the porridge boils, add salt to taste and mix. Leave to simmer for 40 minutes until soft.
   
7. Add a little vegetable oil to the pan and heat it well. We put chopped onions, grated carrots on a hot pan and fry until light golden.
   
8. After that, add meat to onions and carrots. First, the meat needs to be fried, and then stew with spices. It is better to take a thick-walled large frying pan, you can even cast iron, since we will also cook the main dish in a pan, and cast iron keeps the temperature perfectly.
   
9. When the meat is fried, salt it and add spices. It can be black pepper, a mixture of peppers, hops, suneli, seasoning for meat or any other collection of spices according to your desire.
   
10. Then pour 300 ml of water into the meat and simmer for 30 minutes. During this time, barley will have time to boil.
    
11. If excess liquid remains in the prepared pearl barley, it must be filtered through a colander. Put the barley in a pan with meat and mix thoroughly. Stew for another 5 minutes and cover.
    
12. It is desirable to leave the pearl barley pilaf before serving on the table in a frying pan under the lid for at least 1 hour, so that it can infuse and soak the meat juices. Enjoy your meal.
    

Video recipe

After watching this video, you will learn how to cook a delicious and satisfying pilaf from pearl barley with meat. The author tells in detail how and why it is necessary to soak pearl barley. It also demonstrates how to fry onions and carrots with meat, boil barley and simmer the finished dish.