Loaf pilaf recipe in a slow cooker - quick, easy and tasty

Kitchen appliances and utensils:

• slow cooker;
• cutting board;
• knife;
• deep bowl;
• colander.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Before you start cooking you need prepare all the necessary products:

1. Rice thoroughly rinse under running water, pour into a deep bowl and pour cold water for about 1 hour.
   
2. Peel and wash the vegetables. Cut carrots into strips of medium thickness, approximately 3-4 mm and half the length of carrots.
   
3. Cut the onion into a small cube with a side of 5 mm.
   
4. Cut the meat into plates with a thickness of 2 - 3 cm, then cut into a cube.
   

To cook zirvak - the classic gravy base for pilaf, you must:

1. Turn on the slow cooker, pour about 50 ml of vegetable oil into the bowl and turn on the Frying program, wait 1 - 2 minutes until the slow cooker warms up. The oil should heat up well. In the frying mode, the multicooker lid does not need to be closed. Send the onion into the bowl and fry until light golden.
   
2. After the onion is browned, add meat to it and continue to fry everything together in the "Frying" mode, until the meat is covered with a golden brown.
   
3. As soon as the meat becomes fried, put the carrots in the bowl. Mix and fry all together for 10 - 15 minutes at a temperature of 120 - 150 °. To do this, select the “Multipovar” program and set the desired temperature or continue cooking in the “Frying” mode.
   
4. Add about 1 teaspoon of salt and 2 teaspoons of spices for pilaf, peeled from the top peel, and washed the whole head of garlic. Spices should be added only in the middle of cooking pilaf, so that it turns out to be fragrant and spicy. Then pour hot boiled water in such a volume that it completely covers the meat. Simmer for about 20 minutes at 120 °.
   
5. Fold the rice in a colander and let the water drain. Then add the rice to the bowl of the multicooker and level it with a spatula.
   
6. Add hot boiled water again so that the rice is covered on top with 5 - 7 mm.
   
7. Select the “Manual”, “Pilaf” or “Multi-cook” mode with a temperature of 100 °. Set the time to 20 - 25 minutes.
   
8. After the time has passed, turn off the multicooker and open the lid, all the water should evaporate. Mix the pilaf with a spatula from the bottom up so that the rice is evenly mixed with meat and vegetables. Then close the lid again and let the pilaf infuse for 10 - 15 minutes. You can serve pilaf with a variety of salads, after decorating with chopped herbs.
   

Important! In the process of cooking, in no case should you mix rice with zirvak and open the cooker lid until the pilaf is finally ready.

Video recipe

The video will be useful to those who better perceive information visually. Following all the steps and tips for cooking in the video, you will turn out pilaf crumbly and very tasty.

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