How to learn how to cook delicious millet porridge with meat 🥣

Kitchen appliances and utensils: gas or electric stove, pan with a thick bottom, plates for ingredients, cutting board, knife, kitchen spatula.

Ingredients

Step cooking

1. Before cooking, you need to prepare 700 grams of millet. We put a pot of water on a gas or electric stove, bring to a boil and cook millet for 5 minutes. Then we drain the water, rinse the porridge, and our millet is ready to cook porridge.
   
2. Take 3 medium carrots and cut into medium strips with a sharp knife. No need to rub it on a grater, it will not taste good in porridge.
   
3. Next, cut 3 onions into half rings and divide into straws.
   
4. We put a pan with a very thick bottom on a gas or electric stove and pour 100-150 grams of sunflower oil into it.
   
5. When the oil is heated, put the previously chopped onions and carrots in the pan. All mix well and fry for 5-7 minutes, so that the vegetables become soft and transparent. We fry on fire between strong and medium.
   
6. When the vegetables are cooked, we put in them 1 kg of chopped boneless chicken, mix everything, salt and pepper to taste. We continue to fry for 10 minutes, the chicken should turn white.
   
7. Pour prepared millet porridge into a pan with chicken and vegetables. We evenly millet on a pan and fill everything with boiling water. Water should be 2 fingers higher than millet.
   
8. Bring the porridge to a boil, taste it. If necessary, then salt. No need to mix. Reduce to medium heat and cook until liquid boils, it will take about 10-15 minutes.
   
9. When there is little liquid, reduce the fire to the smallest, cover with a lid and cook for 5-7 minutes. Next, turn off the heat and let the porridge stand for another 10 minutes.
   
10. Mix well the porridge and serve. Enjoy your meal!
    

Tips

• Before cooking porridge, it must be well sorted so that it does not have litter or grains of other porridge.
• Remember to thoroughly rinse millet before cooking. Rinse it until the water becomes clear.
• To remove the bitterness from the porridge, it is necessary to scald it with boiling water and let it brew for 1 minute.
• If the pan is without a non-stick coating, then the porridge should be stirred periodically so that it does not burn. In general, porridge is cooked for about 20 minutes.
• Millet porridge is often cooked in the oven. It is worth remembering that the temperature should not exceed 180 degrees.
• Remember that millet is not stored for a long time, so always pay attention to the date of manufacture of the product.
• The color of millet groats should be bright yellow. This indicates that it is fresh and will not be bitter.

Video recipe

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